Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115295

Food: Import Controls

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of food imports are subject to sanitary and phytosanitary checks.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Food is not a category used to record import checks within sanitary and phytosanitary controls as it covers a large range, of varying types, of imports. Imports are subject to controls based upon their composition or commodity type. Products are categoris...

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