African Swine Fever: Disease Control
Commons · Question 97361 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what biosecurity procedures are in place for (a) detained and (b) uncollected meat consignments at UK border control posts to prevent the transmission of African Swine Fever.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 12 Dec 2025
All consignments of pork and pork products are checked at bio-secure border control posts to ensure that they have been effectively treated to mitigate the risk of African Swine Fever or they originate from a region declared free of the disease. Border Fo...