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Meat: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of meat was seized by Dover Port Health Authority between January and March in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of meat was seized by Dover Port Health Authority between January and March in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Seizure reports provided by Dover Port Health Authority are as follows:(a)Jan-March 2023: 7.1 tonnes(b)Jan-March 2024: 16.7 tonnes(c)Jan-March 2025: 61.1 tonnes Total is 84.94 tonnes (Rounded to 1 decimal place)

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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