Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80330

Meat: Smuggling

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to establish a taskforce for illegal imports of products of animal origin.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra is considering this recommendation in the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report on meat smuggling.