Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76008

Fisheries: Exports

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Melanie Onn

LabourGreat Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often physical sampling checks are applied by the Service d’Inspection Vétérinaire Et Phytosanitaire to UK consignments of Category 3 fishmeal and fish oil exported through Calais;

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The baseline frequency rate for physical checks on consignments of fishery products, is set out in EU legislation, though this may be increased where serious deficiencies are identified on specific goods. The EU regulations also require that for Processed...

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