FI16453
Request
- The number of inspections carried out into food vehicle loads that have entered the UK, involving clandestine travellers on/in the vehicles, regarding the potential contamination of the shipment managed (the HACCP principle) for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of these inspections including a clandestine traveller that led to the Food Business Operator (FBO) rejecting the load for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of these inspections including a clandestine traveller that led to the Food Business Operator (FBO) rejecting part of the load for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of these inspections including a clandestine traveller that led to the Food Business Operator (FBO) accepting the load for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of these inspections including a clandestine traveller that led to the Food Business Operator (FBO) recovering all, or part of the load for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of FBOs that organised the disposal of the rejected material for each year between 2020 and 2025.
- The number of cases of unsafe food entering the food chain as a consequence of FBOs not organising the disposal of rejected material for each year between 2020 and 2025.
Response
The Council only holds one record where we have carried out an inspection into food vehicle loads involving clandestines regarding the potential contamination of shipments. This occurred in 2024 and was a preliminary inspection which occurred at the port before the load was permitted to move inland to the delivery address (located outside the Dover district), under the agreement of the relevant inland authority. That authority conducted an inspection of the shipment to identify any potential contamination and remove it from the load and we are therefore unable to respond to the subsequent questions regarding this consignment as we do not hold this information.