The British government has introduced temporary restrictions on travelers to bring meat and dairy products, only in sandwiches, the country.
Since April 12, anyone who addresses Great Britain from EU or ECE countries (Switzerland, Norway, Icelaland, Liechtenstein) has not been able to drink cattle, sheep, pigs or goats or dairy products for the country forest.
Travelers who go to Great Britain have been sent to the issue of warning counting were forbidden to bring pork products, beef, lamb, lamb, goat meat, as well as milk and daily products for personal consumption.
This rule includes sandwiches, cheeses, cured meats or raw meats, according to the official notifications of the British government, regardless of whether it is full or that has the prohibition bought from the tax free.
Anyone who meets the thesis elements will need to deliver them at the border or catch them and destroy.
In severe cases, those found with thesis elements run the risk of fines of up to £ 5,000 (€ 5,845).
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The restrictions apply only to travelers who arrive in Great Britain and will not apply in Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the Island of Man.
The measure has been introduced to prevent the spread of feet and mouth disease after the increase in cases in European countries, while Great Britain currently remains free of the disease.
In January, the United Kingdom Government introduced prohibitions of cattle imports, sheep, other ruminants, pork and dairy products in Germany, in response to a standing and mouth outbreak in a buffalo of water in a farm outside of Berlin, the first instance of the disease in an EU country for several years, and the first in Germany since 1988 according to a food and agriculture forest.
The water buffalo has been in Germany since the 1990s, according to the Government of the State of Berlin, cultivated by its milk and meat and was used to control the growth of the grass in the fields.
Later, Great Britain added Hungary, Slovakia and Austria relations to the restricted list as the cases extended.
The disease of the feet and mouth is a contagious viral disease that affects livestock, sheep, pigs and other gain animals such as wild boars and deer.
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However, it does not represent any risk for humans, and the meat and milk of infected cattle are consulted to consume. However, the British government has not risked and has included dairy products in its prohibition, a common step with the previous restrictions.
Subsequently, it is estimated that a devastating outbreak in Britain in 2001 cost the country more than 8 billion. Six years later, more than 2,000 animals were sacrificed to control the disease in the United Kingdom after an outbreak in 2007, Chordination to the British government.
The country’s Minister of Agriculture, Daniel Zeichner, said: “This government will do what is necessary to protect British farmers from the feet and mouth. That is why we are even more strengthening protections by introducing restrictions on personal flesh and dairy imports to prevent the spread of the disease and protect the food safety of Great Britain.”
A limited amount of children’s formula milk, medical foods and some products such as chocolate, confectionery, bread, cakes, cookies and pasta are exempt from the rules.
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