Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 138 of the Border Target Operating Model, published in August 2023, whether restrictions will be placed on people bringing (a) animal and (b) plant products for food into the UK from the EU for personal use.

The BTOM sets out the policy design for import health controls on commercial consignments and the future regime for goods in personal possession is still being finalised.

We do not intend to prohibit personal imports altogether, and we will set out our new approach, which adopts the same principles of risk assessment and proportionality, in due course.