Question follow-through · 57744
Meat: Smuggling
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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.
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2025
Answer published
Illegal 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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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