Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36146
Meat: Smuggling
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to review the Border Target Operating Model to introduce mandatory spot checks on all vehicles entering the UK, in the context of illegal meat smuggling.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Border Target Operating Model aims to mitigate sanitary and phytosanitary risks, while enabling the flow of legitimate goods through our ports and airports. We will continue to operate a compliance first approach enabling importers and the public to m...
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