Written questions

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...