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Dogs: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds data on dogs being transported to China for use as meat for human consumption.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds data on dogs being transported to China for use as meat for human consumption.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    APHA, Defra’s executive agency, has data on the number of commercial and non-commercial dogs exported to China. The system does not record the purpose of movement for commercial dogs and therefore does not hold data on dogs being exported to China for use...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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