A new economic analysis by AHDB that has highlighted the significant extra costs and disruption that could result from a ban ...

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer is urging livestock keepers to remain vigilant for the clinical signs of  foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), following the confirmation of the disease in a cattle farm on ...

Defra’s latest update shows UK clean pig slaughterings were up 2.3% on February 2025 at 844,000 head, while carcase weights ...

Red Tractor has appointed Paul McLaughlin, a former chief executive of Scotland Food & Drink, to succeed Jim Moseley as chief executive.

This took the number of reported outbreaks to date to 38, three of which are defined as ‘primary’ and 35 as ‘secondary’, with ...

Pilgrim’s Europe has launched a Butchery Academy in an effort to bring fresh talent into the UK meat industry – with the ...

The NPA has urged the government to press ahead with proposed planning reforms that would make it easier for farm businesses ...

Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under ...

Some of the UK’s leading pig veterinary practices set out what they see as the biggest pig health challenges on farms today ...

Defra has launched a Call for Information’ from businesses that will be affected by the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS ...

A new industry-wide survey inviting UK pig producers to report on farm biosecurity has been launched as concerns grow over the spread of ‘transboundary’ diseases such as African Swine Fever (ASF). The ...

In an an alert on its website, the Food Standards Agency that the product’s manufacturer Sacor is ‘voluntarily recalling’ the Bastides Saucisson product, which is sold exclusively in Tesco stores, ...