Dairy Exports To Continue
UK - Speaking about the impact of the FMD outbreak on the dairy industry, Jim Begg, Director General of Dairy UK said: “Exports of dairy products to the European Union, which constitutes 82% of dairy exports from the UK, will not be affected by the Foot and Mouth outbreak.
8 August 2007
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“The European Commission will require additional control procedures to be put in place, but with the co-operation of Defra, these are perfectly attainable. Nothing the Commission is asking from the dairy industry isn’t already in place.
“The Food Standards Agency has made it absolutely clear that there are no public health and safety issues for the human food chain, so just as in 2001, there’s no reason to expect any adverse consumer reaction.
“The one question mark is over the speed with which exports outside the EU can resume. These constitute a relatively small but nonetheless important part of our total output.”
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