Our latest press release highlights the confusion in the media surrounding weaknesses in the UK’s biosecurity at borders. We make the distinction between legal commercial shipments of meat which the Border Target Operating Model is there to manage and which are all pre-notified with full export health certification, and the illegal meat being brought in to the UK in smaller vehicles that can only be detected via a system of intelligence and spot checks at the ports.
We look at what should have been done but wasn’t on the day the foot and mouth case in Germany was discovered. And we also look at how the current paper-based system used to track animals moving between farms and through livestock auctions is completely inadequate in stopping the spread of a notifiable disease should a case be discovered in the UK. We already have a real-time traceability system that should be mandatory but still isn’t, and we need government to fix that.
We are the UKs largest trade body for the meat industry and provide expert advice on trade issues, bespoke technical advice and access to government policy makers
We are proud to count businesses of all sizes and specialties as members. They range from small, family run abattoirs serving local customers to the largest meat processing companies responsible for supplying some of our best-loved brands to shops and supermarkets.
We are further strengthened by our associate Members who work in industries that support and supply our meat processing companies.
We are the voice of the British meat industry.
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