Britain鈥檚 farmers are demanding tighter import controls to avoid a repeat of
last year鈥檚 epidemic of foot and mouth disease. 鈥淔oot and mouth is just the
latest and most devastating unwanted import from a growing list in recent
years,鈥� says Ben Gill, president of the National Farmers鈥� Union. The NFU says
the most likely source of the outbreak was illegally imported infected meat, and
that the current import regime urgently needs strengthening. More than 4 million
animals, mainly cattle and sheep, had to be slaughtered during the epidemic,
according to official figures.
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