Question follow-through · 58844
Animal Products: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to strengthen enforcement of border checks to prevent illegal imports of products of animal origin following recent foot and mouth disease outbreaks
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to strengthen enforcement of border checks to prevent illegal imports of products of animal origin following recent foot and mouth disease outbreaks
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
Port health authorities and local authorities are responsible for checks on products of animal origin (POAO) at Border Control Posts (BCPs). Border Force is responsible for conducting checks to detect illegal imports of POAO outside BCPs. Following the ou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to discourage the use of disposable barbecues in National Landscapes during periods of high fire risk.
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Plastics: Treaties
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