Meat: Smuggling

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 31 October 2024.

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Photo of Neil Hudson Neil Hudson Conservative, Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat coming into the UK was seized in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Photo of Daniel Zeichner Daniel Zeichner The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Illegal meat seizures data captured as part of Defra’s African Swine Fever programme:

  • 2023, 552 seizures, totalling 44,482 kg
  • 2024 (Jan- 11 Oct 2024), 576 seizures, totalling 42,470 kg

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