questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK beef hits US shelves tariff-free for the first time – cutting costs for UK businesses, published on 2 March 2026, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental standards applied to the beef imports from the United States included in the 13,000 tonne quota referenced in the press release.
answerText: Through the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) negotiations, the UK has agreed preferential trading terms with the US in a range of sectors. This includes an exclusive reciprocal 13,000 tonne quota for beef. The quota is now open and worth up to £70 mil...
heading: Beef: USA