Meat: Smuggling
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity of illegal meat was seized at ports in England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Tapp
Since 1st April 2020 the following number of illegal meat imports were seized by Border Force across England:
Year | Total Seizures |
| Amount Seized in KG |
1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021 | 1,232 | 14,529 | |
1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022 | 1,511 | 19,832 | |
1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 | 1,462 | 34,590 | |
1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024 | 1,823 | 70,978 | |
1st April 2024 - 31st July 2024 | 632 | 40,164 |
More recent data is not held in an accessible format and cannot be obtained without incurring a disproportionate cost.
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