Abstract
The illegal importation and sale of bushmeat into the UK is an issue of widespread concern. Bushmeat is known to contain a wide range of species, of predominantly African origin, and may include species listed in the annexes to EU Regulation 338/97 (‘the EU Wildlife Trade Regulation’). At present all bushmeat (along with other products of animal origin (POAO)) imports are confiscated and destroyed without any assessment being made of the species involved. This means that it is not possible to assess the scale of potential breaches of the controls.
United Kingdom