Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53659
Food: Smuggling
Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of illegal food products that have entered the UK in the last six months.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerIt is not possible to estimate the amount of illegal food products which have evaded border checks and entered the UK in the last six months. Data supplied by Border Force to the end of 2024 indicates that it detained and seized 137,000 kilograms of illeg...
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