At the National Farmers Union conference, Defra minister Mark Spencer said he will ‘follow the science’ on bovine TB, but admitted there’s ‘a long way to go’ for the whole industry. Plus: Keir Starmer's pitch to rural Britain.
Only 708 badgers were removed following a pilot cull carried out in the south-west England, despite the UK government planning to kill more than twice as many.
The UK government has denied media claims that it is risking public health by selling meat from cattle that have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) into the food chain.
The UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced further control measures, due to be implemented on 1 July 2012, to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England.
