Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80338

Meat: Import Controls

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to concentrate the responsibility for tackling illegal meat imports into fewer bodies.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Border Force is responsible for enforcing the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 in England in relation to animal products in any place, other than Border Control Posts, where goods are subject to customs supervision. Defra is consider...

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