Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the recent outbreak of foot and mouth in Southeast Asia does not spread to the UK.

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1. 24 May 2022

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the recent outbreak of foot and mouth in Southeast Asia does not spread to the UK.

   Source: Commons

2. 1 June 2022

   Answer

   Measures are in place to reduce the risk of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus entering the UK and to prevent its introduction to livestock. These measures include:monitoring of international surveillance reports to inform Defra’s assessment of the threat...

   Source: Written answer

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