Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80331

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, what steps her Department is taking to tackle illegal meat imports through passenger routes.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Border Force is responsible for enforcing the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 in England in relation to animal products in any place, other than Border Control Posts, where goods are subject to customs supervision. Defra is consider...

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