States veterinary officers and the Guernsey Border Agency are asking people not to import any meat or dairy products for personal use or consumption into the Bailiwick from the EU. This is to protect local livestock from risk of infection from foot and mouth disease (FMD), however the disease poses no risk to human health, said the officials.

Tourists have been banned from bringing cured meats and cheeses from Europe back to Britain as cases of foot-and-mouth disease rise on the Continent.

A new government ban on bringing meat and dairy products from the EU into Great Britain marks a significant shift in border control policy aimed at safeguarding the country’s agricultural sector. The measure,