Illegal meat threat at border ‘won’t wait’ for EU SPS deal, MPs warn

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Defra has been accused of failing to react to border biosecurity threats by the Commons Efra Committee

The government’s response to illegal meat smuggling “lacks urgency”, with biosecurity threats at the UK border in need of urgent attention – and before it concludes talks with the EU on a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) deal – MPs have warned.

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