UK farmers are questioning the British Government's announcement that the country is officially foot-and-mouth disease free.

The Army supplied waste food to the pig farm at the centre of the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the Ministry of Defence confirmed tonight.

The British Government is blaming the foot-and-mouth outbreak on illegal foreign meat intended for a Chinese restaurant.

British Ministry of Agriculture vets have discovered another possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in south Devon.

British Agriculture Minister Nick Brown is expected to order a seven-day ban on all movements of livestock within Britain.