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TheSite Foot and Mouth Disease News
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Print This Page NFU considering FMD legal action
UK - The NFU is considering legal action on behalf of farmers throughout the country who have been hit by the foot-and-mouth outbreak.NFU president Peter Kendall said the losses suffered by the industry as a result of movement controls, the export ban and other knock-on effects of the outbreak will run into ‘many millions of pounds’.
He said the NFU was taking legal advice about the possibility of launching a claim on their behalf.
He stressed that for this to be possible, however, the exact cause of the outbreak would have to be established.
He was speaking on BBC’s Newsnight programme on Tuesday night, following the publication of the Health and Safety executive’s initial report into the possible causes of the outbreak.
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Source: Farmers Guardian
