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UFU - UK Farming Unions Demand Urgent Action Over Brazilian Meat Imports to Protect Public Health
UK farming unions demand urgent action over Brazilian meat imports to protect public health
The joint letter has been signed by NFU Scotland President Andrew Connon, NFU President Tom Bradshaw, Ulster Farmers' Union President John McLenaghan and NFU Cymru President Abi Reader.
The UK's four farming unions have joined forces calling for the UK Government to urgently prohibit imports of Brazilian meat and align with EU restrictions which come into force next week.
In a joint letter to Defra Secretary of State Dame Angela Eagle...
Import of Poultry Meat & Products From Special Area No. 4 of Province of Alberta in Canada Suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 29) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Special Area No. 4 of the Province of Alberta in Canada, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the area with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, no poultry meat or eggs were...
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