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P&O rumbles livestock haulier claiming load was packed meat
P&O FERRIES HAS closed the account of a Dutch haulier that attempted to claim a cargo of 320 live sheep was, in fact, packaged meat.
The hauler, which was registered with P&O as Joint Carrier of Amsterdam and the Netherlands, tried to take the live cargo from Dover to Calais on 1 September
However, when crew on the Pride of Dover vessel realised the load was live animals, the truck was refused permission to disembark at Calais and had to return to Dover, where it was handed over to the Department for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The haulier is now being investigated by Kent Trading Standards, which says it is still investigating the case, and cannot comment until that investigation is complete.
P&O Ferries spokesman Bran Rees says it appears that the hauler was carrying the sheep legally and had all the necessary DEFRA documentation, He adds: "As far as we can see, the only thing they did wrong was to tell us it was boxed meat when, in fact, it was live sheep.'' Rees says that P&O stopped carrying live animals several years ago, after protests by animal rights campaigners made it almost impossible to carry on a service.