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swine fever fears for Forest of Dean

A public alert is to be issued warning residents and visitors to the Forest of Dean not to attempt to feed the Forest s population of wild boar as fears heighten over the spread of the deadly African Swine Fever virus (ASF). The move, planned by Forestry England and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), comes amid growing fears that ASF could breach the UK s borders from Europe and get into the wild boar population - with a consequent need to "wipe out" the Forest s boar population and the potential triggering of a nationwide cull of farmed pigs.

Stop selling Parma ham over brutal 'blood farm' links, supermarkets urged

A hormone used to produce Parma ham comes from farms in Iceland where pregnant mares are put in tiny pens so blood can be extracted

'Deeply worrying' - 57t of illegally imported pigmeat seized in Dover

The UK's NPA has said that 57t of illegally imported pigmeat being seized at the Port of Dover since 2022 is "extremely worrying".

Defra launches $5.1 million Smaller Abattoir Fund of

The fund will provide grants of up to £60,000

eFeedLink - UK pig organisation supports expediting approval of precision breeding techniques in farmed animals