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Meat: Import Controls

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80338

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to concentrate the responsibility for tackling illegal meat imports into fewer bodies.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Border Force is responsible for enforcing the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 in England in relation to animal products in any place, other than Border Control Posts, where goods are subject to customs supervision. Defra is considering the recommendations in the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report on meat smuggling.

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