Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86997
Meat: Smuggling
Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quantity of illegal meat was seized from (a) shops and (b) restaurants in England in each of the last five years.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not hold United Kingdom-wide local authority seizure data centrally. This data is held by individual local authorities.Where a non-compliant product, for example illegal meat, is identified in-land, the FSA works close...
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