Research and analysis

Foot and mouth disease: spread from European Union to Great Britain risk assessment

Veterinary risk assessment on the risk of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus spreading from the European Union to Great Britain.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
16 April 2025
Last updated
16 May 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

3 April 2025: Risk of FMD virus spread from Hungary and Slovakia to Great Britain (executive summary)

Ref: EU-IRA-FMD-2025

HTML

PDF, 1.47 MB, 50 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

This veterinary risk assessment provides a qualitative assessment of the risk of an animal in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) becoming infected with foot and mouth disease virus through the movements of animals, animal products and people from the European Union.

Updates to this page

Published 16 April 2025
Last updated 16 May 2025 show all updates

  1. Added the full 'Entry risk assessment on the likelihood of incursion of foot and mouth disease virus from the EU to Great Britain'.

  2. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content