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Written Question
Meat: Smuggling
Thursday 5th March 2015

Asked by: Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of illegally imported meat have been made at (a) airports and (b) seaports in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by George Eustice

The number of seizures of illegally imported meat made at airports and seaports in Great Britain for each of the last 10 years is:

Year

Number of seizures

2004/05

10,987

2005/06

14,826

2006/07

19,254

2007/08

14,158

2008/09

11,356

2009/10

12,943

2010/11

10,186

2011/12

6,246

2012/13

7,461

2013/14

8,904

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