The potential impact of Brexit on the UK has been subject to scrutiny and discussion from all angles in the months since the EU referendum. An issue currently under the spotlight is the impact of leaving the EU on the UK’s plant and animal biosecurity. The House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee announced last week that it had launched an inquiry into this, with the aim of examining the challenges and opportunities that might arise as a result of Brexit and highlighting key areas where it feels cooperation should continue and what form that cooperation should take. The old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ underpins biosecurity and one only has to look at the continued westward spread of African swine fever (ASF) in eastern Europe to find …