By January 2026, Defra should create a strategy for POAO smuggling in collaboration with the National Food Crime Unit (FSA), the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (FSS), port health authorities, inland local authorities and Border Force. To be effective, this must be a genuine co- design with the enforcement professionals whose expertise is currently being neglected in policy making. The strategy should establish formal information sharing mechanisms between Defra, local authorities, and port health authorities. (Recommendation, Paragraph 42)