The UK government, alongside the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has reinstated strict bans on personal imports of certain meat and dairy products from the European Union, in response to a recent outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) across several EU countries, including Germany, Hungary and Slovakia.
The move aims to protect Britain's cattle industry and food security from the highly contagious virus, which has devastated livestock in the past. Under the new rules, anyone caught bringing banned animal products into the UK—by road, rail, ferry, air, or post—could face confiscation of the goods and fines of up to £5,000.
