Meat: Smuggling
(asked on 25th February 2015) - View Source
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.
This question was answered on 5th March 2015
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 |