Farmers' group: Imported meat products must be made traceable

A group representing Irish farmers, the Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, is calling on the Government to introduce stricter rules on the importation of meat products, following yesterday's foot and mouth scare.

Farmers' group: Imported meat products must be made traceable

A group representing Irish farmers, the Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, is calling on the Government to introduce stricter rules on the importation of meat products, following yesterday's foot and mouth scare.

Preliminary tests on 12 pigs from a Co Carlow processing plant have found no traces of the disease.

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