Meat stranded at UK border after German foot-and-mouth outbreak – POLITICO

LONDON — Meat imports worth at least £1 million are stranded at the U.K. border following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany.

The British government on Tuesday moved to ban the import of cattle, pigs and sheep from the country — including meat products and dairy — to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease. It has also banned individuals traveling to the U.K. from importing these products.

But the new restrictions have come at a huge cost for the U.K.’s food and drink industry, with the situation on the ground described as “hugely disruptive.”