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Animal Products: Smuggling

Asked by Dr Neil HudsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 November 2025UIN 87112

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing national taskforce to tackle illegal imports of (a) meat and (b) animal products.

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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