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Meat: Smuggling

Asked by Dr Neil HudsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 31 October 2024UIN 10799

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat coming into the UK was seized in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Illegal meat seizures data captured as part of Defra’s African Swine Fever programme: 2023, 552 seizures, totalling 44,482 kg2024 (Jan- 11 Oct 2024), 576 seizures, totalling 42,470 kg

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