§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in how many cases in each of the last three years food imports have been(a) impounded and (b) destroyed; what type of foodstuff was involved; what the point of entry was; and what the resultant legal or other outcomes were. [18363]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 27 November 2001]I have placed tables detailing this information in the Library of the House.
Figures breaking down rejected consignments by port and product are available only for the period July 2000 to June 2001. Information in this format is not available for previous years. Details of the number of consignments by product rejected at UK ports have been provided for the period July 1998 to June 2001. Information on illegal imports seized is available from April 2001; information is not held centrally prior to that date. Rejected and seized consignments are either destroyed or re-exported outside of the EU. Information on the outcome of each rejected or seized consignment is not held centrally.