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Importing from USA
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from martin contains these words: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:43:03 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote: PK is correct, the illegal import of meat is a serious concern since it may carry farm animal diseases. In other countries, restrictions on /\/\ the accidental or deliberate movement of animal or plant material which can cause environmental damage or infect food production are very tight and for good reason. Given this country's experience of imported problems and their devastating ecological and economic impact, we should take better care. I don't think there was any actual proof that the F&M outbreak was caused by imported food. Wasn't it just a theory? I haven't said otherwise; though afaik that possibility is one reason why DEFRA is currently so concerned about the escalating quantity of meat casually smuggled in by travellers, from countries where swine, cattle and poultry diseases are endemic. I had in mind the UK's experience of intractable imported problems such as New Zealand flatworm, Japanese knotweed, rhododendron ponticum, and (recently) oak phytophthera. There's another current example of a recent exotic pond-plant escape into UK wetlands or waterways, but the name eludes me. Janet. |
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