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NewsAshford Port highlights importance of vigilant checks at the border
Ashford Port Health Authority has highlighted the continued importance of strong border controls following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ announcement that it intends to remove routine EU border checks by June 2027.
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OpinionBatting away curveballs
Tariffs may be shaping current anxieties but, says IMTA’s Matthew Bishop, dealing with whatever gets thrown at them is nothing new for meat traders.
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NewsIncreasing illegal imports a “disaster waiting to happen”, says EFRA
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has highlighted that a “significant number” of meat imports have passed through Dover Port without being checked at the Border Control Post for dangerous diseases.
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NewsAshford Port introduces AI system for import checks
An artificial intelligence system has been introduced at Ashford Port Health Authority as the facility becomes the first to fully automate the initial stage of import document checks.
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NewsDPHA seizes record volume of illegal meat in one month
Dover Port Health Authority confirmed that January 2026 saw nearly 44,000kg of illegal meat removed at the Port of Dover, which it said was the highest volume removed in one month since checks began.
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NewsLMC expresses concerns over EU-Mercosur trade agreement
The EU Council authorised the signature of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement, with the Livestock and Meat Commission urging Government to provide assurances that domestic markets will not be challenged.
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NewsNPA urges Government to provide clarity on ASF regionalisation position
The National Pig Association is seeking clarity from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs on the UK Government’s approach to African swine fever regionalisation agreements, after Spain was able to “rapidly implement” agreements following an outbreak.
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OpinionA year of two halves
Despite a frenetic start to 2025, the food industry has ended up playing a waiting game this year, says IMTA’s Katrina Walsh.
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NewsGovernment urged to ensure “robust” import controls after Spain ASF outbreak
Spain has confirmed its first case of African swine fever since 1994, as the National Pig Association urges Government to protect the UK pig sector.
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NewsEFRA Committee urges Government to implement biosecurity recommendations
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has warned that a delay in the implementation of its recommendations to Government on biosecurity will allow “alarming amounts” of illegal imports to cross the border.
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NewsImporting lamb “may be short-changing UK consumers”, says NSA
The National Sheep Association has expressed concern over the increasing volumes of southern hemisphere lamb imports.
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NewsDemand for cheap meat is “fuelling illegal imports” finds EFRA
The EFRA Committee has published its new report, ‘Biosecurity at the Border: Britain’s Illegal Meat Crisis’, which has warned that Defra’s approach to personal meat imports has been “unnecessarily lax”.
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NewsSPS agreement welcomed by Dunbia
Meat processor Dunbia met with Food Security Minister Daniel Zeichner to discuss Government’s new sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
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NewsGovernment cancels extra border checks to make meat trade “cheaper and easier”
Government has suspended the introduction of extra border checks on live animal imports from the EU and on specific animal and plant goods from Ireland ahead of its new SPS deal with the EU.
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NewsParliamentarians visit Dover to witness illegal meat seizures
Members the All-Party Parliamentary Group witnessed the efforts underway to uphold the UK’s biosecurity during a visit to meet with UK Border Force.
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NewsQMS identifies “creepage of imports” as it backs local red meat
QMS and the SRMRG highlighted the support for the Scottish red meat industry at the 2025 Royal Highland Show.
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NewsNPA has urged Government to ban the sale of pork to Eurostar passengers
The National Pig Association has called on Government to act after a Politico report found banned pork products on sale beyond security at Brussels Midi station.
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NewsScottish consumers would pay more for local meat, finds QMS
Research conducted on behalf of QMS has revealed that 90% of Scottish red meat consumers would prefer to buy meat sourced from Scotland, even if red meat imports were 30% cheaper.
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NewsNearly half of UK consumers not open to purchasing US beef
A poll from marketing company SPQR has highlighted “ongoing concerns” from UK consumers about American beef production standards.
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NewsIndustry responds to new UK/EU SPS agreement
Government confirmed a new agreement with the European Union, which it said would “grow the economy” while backing British jobs.
