Smuggling of Products of Animal Origin

HL Deb 21 December 2004 vol 667 cc140-1WA

Lord Rotherwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 16 November (WA 149) regarding the four people convicted of smuggling products of animal origin since April 2003, what were the quantities of illegal meats smuggled; and what were the sentences given in each case; and [HL438]

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 16 November (WA 149), how many people have been prosecuted for, but not convicted of, smuggling products of animal origin since April 2003. [HL439]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The quantities and sentences relating to the four people convicted of smuggling offences under the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England)

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4
Quantity seized	Meat: 100 kg	Fish: 78.5 kg	Meat: 58 kg	Fish: 73 kg
	Dairy products: 12.3 kg	Meat: 6 kg	Dairy products: 22 kg
Sentence	£300 fine—£145 costs	£150 fine—£145 costs	£200 fine—£70 costs	£200 fine—£65 costs

There have been no prosecutions to date.