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Illegal Food Imports

Volume 447: debated on Friday 16 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much illegal food product was seized at each airport in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many people have been prosecuted. (77425)

The information is as follows:

Belfast International Airport

Number of seizures

Animal and plant product total (Kg)

2001

11

18.5

2002

72

500.5

2003

28

289

2004

11

83

2005

15

240.1

Belfast City Airport

Number of seizures

Animal and plant product total (Kg)

2001

42

278.72

2002

287

1568.362

2003

208

1477

2004

332

2556.6

2005

279

1452.5