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Meat: Smuggling

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80330

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to establish a taskforce for illegal imports of products of animal origin.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra is considering this recommendation in the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report on meat smuggling.

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