Botswana: Foot and mouth disease (FMD) import restrictions

Jan 6

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6th January 2026

Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) has suspended the import of the following commodities from Botswana produced from 30 December 2025:

fresh bovine meat
fresh ovine and caprine meat
fresh meat from farmed and wild non-domestic ruminants

Read the ‘fresh meat of ungulates’ list of Non-EU countries approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain for more information.

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