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Article: Ban on moving livestock as Brussels demands assurances over swine fever
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2000
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THE GOVERNMENT ban on the movement of all livestock from farms
affected by the outbreak of swine fever came at the same time as the
European Commission (EC) ban on the export of live pigs.
Last night there was friction between the government and Brussels
as the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (Maff) pre-empted a
demand today for assurances from British officials that the
government is doing enough to prevent the spread of the swine fever
outbreak which provoked the EU ban.
A Maff spokesman said: "The action that has been taken just now is
both comprehensive and wide-ranging enough to reassure the commission
that we are taking all steps necessary to control the spread of the ...