Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 10799

Meat: Smuggling

Tabled: 23 October 2024

Answered: 31 October 2024

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat coming into the UK was seized in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Illegal meat seizures data captured as part of Defra’s African Swine Fever programme: 2023, 552 seizures, totalling 44,482 kg2024 (Jan- 11 Oct 2024), 576 seizures, totalling 42,470 kg