Request
Can I please update my previous request for information relating to illegal meat seizures?
For each of the calendar years 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 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
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Question
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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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
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0
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0
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27 seizures totalling 3,899.23 kg
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555 seizures totalling 56,089.14 kg
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868 seizures totalling 98,958.30 kg
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Can you please state the name of the port or docks where the seizure took place?
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Dover Port
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Dover Port
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Dover Port
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Where possible, which country did the food originate from?
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Romania, Moldova, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine,
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Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Netherlands
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Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lativa, Belgium, Hungary
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Where possible, can you say what type of meat was seized?
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Pork, Chicken
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Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Cheese (product of animal origin)
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Pork, Lamb, Beef, Chicken, Cheese (product of animal origin)
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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
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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