NPA calls for tougher illegal meat import rules
The National Pig Association (NPA) has called for tougher rules on meat imports after ‘deeply worrying’ quantities of illegal meat were seized at the Port of Dover.
It was revealed 57 tonnes of illegally imported pigmeat has been seized at the Port of Dover since September 2022, including 5.5t of illegal meat seized over the weekend before Christmas, alone. But there were warnings this could be just the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
The NPA has called for all non-commercial meat imports to the UK be made illegal and more resources to be allocated to enforcing the law, after it emerged that large quantities of meat were being seized at the Port of Dover.
NPA chief executive Lizzie Wilson praised the work being done by the DPHA on behalf of the pig industry.
“This can be difficult and unpleasant work and we are hugely grateful for the tireless efforts being made by DPHA to seize this illegal meat that could contain African Swine Fever (ASF) virus,” she said.
Alex Black | Farmers Guardian
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