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Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 October 2025UIN 76964

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on (a) the management of foot and mouth disease and (b) recent restrictions on (i) meat and (ii) dairy imports.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra and the European Commission regularly exchange information in relation to (a) the management of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in the European Union in 2025 and (b) the import restrictions on meat and dairy products that we put in place to protect UK farmers. This information includes details of surveillance, testing, movements of animals and goods, and other outbreak controls.

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