Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57744
Meat: Smuggling
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative — Epping Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10799 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegal meat was seized (a) from 11 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 and (b) in 2025.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerIllegal meat seized figures captured as part of Defra's African Swine Fever Programme:Between 11 October 2024 – 21 December 2024, 49,912kg seized.Between 3 January 2025 – 18 April, 72,872kg seized.