24/07/2009
With Anna Hill. Pig farmers with swine flu are being advised to keep away from their animals. It is part of government contingency plans to deal with the outbreak of the infection.
Pig farmers who get swine flu are being advised to keep away from their animals. It is part of government advice to the food industry which includes contingency plans in case a large proportion of those working in the food chain become infected. The virus has not yet been identified in pigs in the UK but Defra and the Food Standards Agency have both stressed that flu in pigs is not a food safety issue.
Anna Hill also examines farmers' reactions to the news that a parliamentary group is launching an investigation into the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain,
She also finds out why senior politicians have stepped in to ensure that a 400-year-old tradition involving a goat being crowned King of Ireland continues.
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