Minister appeals for fair play on meat prices

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All parts of the food chain must behave responsibly while the livestock trade is reestablished following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, according to UK Agriculture Minister Nick Brown. Supermarkets emphasize that they have ordered suppliers not to cut prices to producers.

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Stay-away visitors cost the tourist trade millions

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The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK is having a very negative impact on tourism. Many foreigners are deciding not to visit the UK, and day-trippers are also staying away from the countryside.

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Vaccines don't stop spread of farm virus, says official report

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Mixed views continue to be expressed in the UK about whether an emergency vaccination programme would prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease. A report written five years after the 1967 outbreak of the disease indicates that vaccines would have largely failed to halt its spread.

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