Minister appeals for fair play on meat prices

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All parts of the food chain must behave responsibly while the livestock trade is reestablished following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, according to UK Agriculture Minister Nick Brown. Supermarkets emphasize that they have ordered suppliers not to cut prices to producers.

Animal Slaughtering and Processing, Meat Products, Meats and meat products, Meat Wholesale, Meat and Meat Product Wholesalers, Meat industry, Ethical aspects, Meat packers

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Stay-away visitors cost the tourist trade millions

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The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK is having a very negative impact on tourism. Many foreigners are deciding not to visit the UK, and day-trippers are also staying away from the countryside.

HOTELS AND OTHER LODGING PLACES, Tourist Travel, Travel industry, Tourism

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Vaccines don't stop spread of farm virus, says official report

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Mixed views continue to be expressed in the UK about whether an emergency vaccination programme would prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease. A report written five years after the 1967 outbreak of the disease indicates that vaccines would have largely failed to halt its spread.

Prevention

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