FI15038

Request

For each of the calendar years  2024 (up to the 1st August) 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019 please can you tell me: 

1. How many seizures of illegal meat were discovered at the ports or docks in your area? Please provide the number of seizures and, where possible, a quantity seized. 

2. Can you please state the name of the port or docks where the seizure took place? 

3. Where possible, which country did the food originate from? 

4. Where possible, can you say what type of meat was seized? 

5. Away from the ports and docks, has your local authority seized any illegal meat in your local area? If so please state the quantity, type of meat and country of origin.

Response

Question

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024 (to 06/08/24)

How many seizures of illegal meat were discovered at the ports or docks in your area? Please provide the number of seizures and, where possible, a quantity seized.

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0

0

27 seizures totalling 3,899.23 kg

555 seizures totalling 56,089.14 kg

383 seizures totalling 37,666.20 kg

Can you please state the name of the port or docks where the seizure took place?

N/A

N/A

N/A

Dover Port

Dover Port

Dover Port

Where possible, which country did the food originate from?

N/A

N/A

N/A

Romania, Moldova, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine,

Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Netherlands

Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lativa, Belgium, Hungary

Where possible, can you say what type of meat was seized?

N/A

N/A

N/A

Pork, Chicken

Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Cheese (product of animal origin) 

Pork, Lamb, Beef, Chicken, Cheese (product of animal origin)

Away from the ports and docks, has your local authority seized any illegal meat in your local area? If so, please state the quantity, type of meat and country of origin.

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0

0

0

0

0