People arriving in Great Britain from the EU and other European countries are no longer allowed to provide a range of meat and dairy products – including cheese.
He is part of a decision by the British government to try to stop the spread of diseases from the foreigners’ feet and mouth.
The new rules, introduced on Saturday April 12, medium -sized travelers face restrictions on the meat of pigs, cows, sheep and goats, as well as dairy products such as milk, butter, cheese and yogurt.
They also include articles like Sandwiches filled with meat or dairy products, as well as savory meats and raw meats – Whether they are packed or wrapped or if they have been purchased from Duty Free.
The restrictions only apply to travelers arriving in Great Britain and will not be imposed on personal imports from Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the island of Man.
There is currently no reported cases of foot and mouth diseases (DME) in the United Kingdom, with the last epidemic in 2007, but there were confirmed cases this year in Germany in January and Hungary and Slovakia last month.
THE The British government had already banned “Personal imports of cattle, sheep and other ruminants and pork and dairy products” of these three countries “in response to confirmed epidemics of the FMD”.
The list of prohibited items has now been extended to such products from the whole EU as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Here is everything you need to know about the restrictions.
The government says that you cannot bring back the following products from the countries listed above:
• Pork
• Beef
• Lamb
• sheep
• Goat
• Venison
• Other products made from these meats, such as sausages
• milk and dairy products such as butter, cheese and yogurt
The government said you could wear up to 2 kg per person of powdered infants, infant food or special food necessary for medical reasons, but only if it does not need to be refrigerated before use and is in brand packaging and not open – unless it is in use.
Pic: Istock
There are also pet food restrictions:
The government says that you cannot provide pork, cow, sheep, goat and deer products which are not intended for human consumption, such as pork meat products.
You can wear up to 2 kg per person of special pet food necessary for medical reasons, as long as it does not need to be refrigerated before use and is in brand packaging and not open.
If you bring other authorized animal products, such as pet food based on chicken meat, they must be commercially packaged with the name and address of the manufacturer, or have an animal sub-produces commercial document.
Focaccia sandwiches with prosciutto. Pic: Istock
What can people continue to bring?
• Fish
• Poultry, such as chicken, duck, goose and any other product made from these meats
• Other animal products such as eggs and honey
And EU, Switzerland or Liechtenstein People can also bring the following::
• Fruit
• Vegetables
• Nuts and seeds
What’s going on if you violate the rules?
Prohibited food products will be removed and destroyed if you declare them to border border officers with customs.
The government warns that you may be prosecuted if you do not declare prohibited food products.
The border strength can remove your products if they think you have brought something to the country illegally or has brought too much restricted product.
They can also throw away all the items, including clothing or bags, which, they say, have been contaminated by the product – for example with meat blood.
The authorities carry disinfectant liquid near a farm during an epidemic of foot disease in Dunakiliti, Hungary. Pic: Reuters
What is feet and mouth disease and what happened in other countries?
The latest restrictions are to “protect the health of British livestock, farmers’ safety and food security in the United Kingdom,” said the Ministry of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The pitch is a viral disease that causes blister and mouth blues in illegal ruminants in accordance with cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.
It presents no risk for humans, but epidemics often lead to commercial restrictions such as those in place now.
In 2001, the disease led to the slaughter of millions of animals in the United Kingdom and the loss of billions of books, which caused a crisis in British agriculture.
There were 2,000 cases, but each case meant that a farm in front of killing and burning all its cattle, with more than six million sheep, cattle and shot.
The first epidemic in Germany For 36 years, he performed in January, which led to the precautionary slaughter of 55 goats, sheep and cattle on a farm in Brandenburg.
Foot and mouth reports emerged in Hungary In mid-March, with more than 3,500 cattle killed in the north of the country of Gyor-Moson-Sopron.
After the epidemic in Hungary, cases were then reported in five farms in southern Slovakia, which prompted the country to declare an emergency.
On April 2, Hungary deployed soldiers and launched new disinfection measures in the northwest near the border regions to contain the epidemic.
Austria then closed 21 crossings in Hungary and two in Slovakia a day later.