Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36147

Meat: Smuggling

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with law enforcement agencies on taking steps to help tackle organised criminal networks involved in the illegal meat trade; and what steps he plans

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We are not complacent about illegal meat smuggling, which may pose threats to animal health, food safety and public health. That is why we are working closely with the Home Office and the Food Standards Agency to tackle this issue with the support of Bord...

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