Meat: Port of Dover
Commons · Question 69922 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of checks for illegally imported meat at the Port of Dover.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 2 Sep 2025
Defra is working closely with the Home Office and the Food Standards Agency to tackle this issue with the support of Border Force, Port Health Authorities and local authorities, to ensure that operations around illegal meat imports are as efficient as pos...