Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76472

Dairy Products and Meat: Smuggling

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen deterrence of illegal personal imports of (a) meat and (b) dairy products following the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease i

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

In England, Border Force and port health officials seize and destroy illegal imports of meat and dairy products, and importers risk additional sanctions including financial penalties or prosecution. On 12 April 2025, Defra extended the ban on personal imp...

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