Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Hansard, 22 April 1975)

HC Deb 22 April 1975 vol 890 cc269-70W 269W

§ Mr. Biffen
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the countries from which imports of meat have been banned since 1st January on account of foot-and-mouth disease.
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as published in the Official Report of 23rd January and 13th March last.

§ Mr. Bishop
Subject to the reservations I made in my reply on 13th March last, a revised table showing the latest information available for February 1975 is set out below:

§ Mr. Strang
The import of uncooked meat from Belgium was prohibited on 12th March 1975 on account of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in that country. This prohibition was lifted on 21st April following improvement in the disease situation there.