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NPA calls for tougher illegal meat import rules after Dover seizures

The National Pig Association has called for all non-commercial meat imports to be made illegal

Alex Black
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NPA calls for tougher illegal meat import rules after Dover seizures

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...

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