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Meat: Smuggling

Asked by Dr Neil HudsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 84279

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57744 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegally imported meat has been seized under Defra's African Swine Fever Programme since 19 April

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

We do not hold assured data on the amount of illegally imported meat seized under Defra's African Swine Fever Programme.

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