Recommendation 28

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s recent report on illegal meat imports also raised serious concerns about the threat from illegally imported meat. It highlighted that the authorities tasked with tackling illegal meat imports do not have the necessary leadership, resources and intelligence to do so effectively.42 We believe that the Department could do more to educate travellers not to bring in illegal food products into the UK and that high fines will result for those who break the rules. Animal vaccines