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Fisheries: Exports

Commons · Question 76008 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often physical sampling checks are applied by the Service d’Inspection Vétérinaire Et Phytosanitaire to UK consignments of Category 3 fishmeal and fish oil exported through Calais;

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025

The baseline frequency rate for physical checks on consignments of fishery products, is set out in EU legislation, though this may be increased where serious deficiencies are identified on specific goods. The EU regulations also require that for Processed...