The authority overseeing environmental, public and animal health controls across the Liverpool City Region coastline fears its budget may not be enough to fulfil its duties.
Mersey Port Health Authority, which manages controls across 53 miles of coastline in Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral, will present its financial plans for 2022/23 to Liverpool Council next week.
The body oversees import controls for animal origin foods and products, ship sanitation control, food safety and hygiene inspections as well as infectious disease and pollution control.
