New Zealand hunts down its back-yarders

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Under new rules introduced last week, any food that contains waste meat must be treated before being fed to pigs by being heated to 100 degrees. People must not collect, trade or distribute food unless it has been treated. Pigs must also be barred access to animal carcases at all times.

Many New Zealand households are known to fatten a pig or two for family occasions, such as birthdays, Mother's Day and for festivals such as Christmas. Other small operators keep two or three sows at a time. Angus Davidson, chief executive of the Pork Industry Board, said, "It is difficult to educate them when we don't know who they are."

The new regulations are aimed at mitigating the risk of foot-and-mouth disease and to control the spread of swine vesicular disease and classical swine fever.

Source: National Pig Association - 20th July 2005

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