JIM SCUDAMORE, the governments chef veterinary officer, has voiced his

optimism that the outbreak of swine fever may have been contained.

Welfare crisis wont happen Brown (18 August

AGRICULTURE Minister Nick Brown has insisted that he will not preside over

BRITISH pig producers unable to sell healthy livestock because of the swine fever

crisis will not be compensated, says agriculture minister Nick Brown.

Swine fever Ministers statement (18 August

TEXT of a statement from agriculture minister Nick Brown following a meeting with pig industry representatives on Friday (18 Aug).

Learn from Dutch, pig producers urged (18 August

BRITISH pig producers are being urged to learn lessons from the Dutch,

who suffered the last major European outbreak of classical swine fever

THE Ministry of Agriculture is investigating suspected outbreaks of

swine fever on farms in four more counties previously unconnected with the

disease.

Processor: Sell zone pigmeat fresh (18 August 2000)

FRESH meat from swine fever surveillance areas should be allowed to go

on the UK market, says the chairman of a major pigmeat processor.

Swine fever controls to stay – Brown (17 August 2000)

AGRICULTURE minister Nick Brown has refused to lift restrictions

designed to control the outbreak of swine fever in East Anglia.

RSPCA concerns over pig backlog (17 August 2000)

THE RSPCA has expressed concern over the animal welfare crisis building

up in East Anglia because of controls aimed at controlling swine fever

in pigs.

Pig farmers fear welfare catastrophe (17 August 2000)

PIG farmers have called for immediate action to avert a major animal

welfare crisis because of restrictions imposed to control swine fever.

US and Canada monitor UK pigmeat (16 August 2000)

THE United States and Canada are monitoring imports of English pig

products as a precaution against the spread of swine fever to north

America.

What the papers say: swine fever (16 August 2000)

AS fears grow over the spread of swine fever in the UK, newspapers

consider the latest developments in the crisis.

Fears grow over spread of swine fever (15 August 2000)

PIG herds from all over the country are being tested for swine fever

amid fears that the disease has spread beyond East Anglia.

MAFF information could be better (15 August 2000)

GOVERNMENT communications since the outbreak of swine fever in East

Anglia could have been better, a junior agriculture minister has

admitted.

Brussels bans English pig exports (14 August 2000)

BRUSSELS has imposed an immediate ban on exports of all live pigs and

boar semen from England in response to the outbreak of classical swine

fever.

Malton Foods lifts ban on buying pigs (14 August 2000)

MALTON Foods, the countrys biggest pig processor, claims to have

lifted its blanket ban on buying pigs from farmers in swine fever-hit East

Anglia.

Swine fever fallout may hit 1000 farms (14 August 2000)

ABOUT 1000 farmers could be left with virtually worthless pigs as a

result of the classical swine fever outbreak in East Anglia, an industry

expert has claimed.

Malton refuses East Anglian pigs (11 August 2000)

THE UKs leading pigmeat processor is refusing to take any pigs from

East Anglia following the outbreak the classical swine fever (CSF) in the

region.

Young couple face pig cull misery (11 August 2000)

A YOUNG couple who have worked for seven years to build up their pig

breeding business face heavy losses following the first outbreak of swine

fever in the UK for 14 years.

Swine fever cull on six new farms (11 August 2000)

MAFF has ordered the slaughter of all pigs on six nursery units in a

bid to control the spread of classical swine fever (CSF) in East

Anglia.

Swine fever found on two more farms (10 August 2000)

CLASSICAL swine fever (CSF) has been confirmed on two further farms,

one in Essex and one in Norfolk.

Swine fever outbreak confirmed (09 August 2000)

AN outbreak of highly contagious pig disease classical swine fever