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Article: Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Essex statement by Baroness Hayman.
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- February 21, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2001-UK Government: Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Essex statement by Baroness Hayman (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Attached is the full copy of a statement by Baroness Hayman, Minister of State at MAFF, to the House of Lords today on the outbreak in Essex of foot and mouth disease.
STATEMENT BY BARONESS HAYMAN
The Government's Chief Veterinary Officer last night confirmed the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease in pigs in an abattoir and in cattle on a neighbouring farm near Brentwood in Essex. Emergency movement controls are already in place, prohibiting the movement of livestock in the five mile ...