Government needs to step up and help pig sector – Shadow Defra Secretary
Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard has urged the Government to listen to pig farmers and…
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Industry fury as arrogant Prime Minister throws crisis-torn pig industry under a bus
In an astonishingly arrogant and ignorant interview, Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed the crisis-torn pig…
Government to issue visas for HGV drivers and poultry workers – but ignores pig crisis
The Government has announced that it will make more 10,000 temporary visas available for HGV…
Time running out for pig sector unless Government intervenes – NPA
The NPA has warned that time is running out for the UK pig industry and is…
Association calls for meat processors to be eligible for Skilled Worker visas
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) is calling on the Home Office and UK…
NPA ‘extremely disappointed’ with Defra response to COVID compensation request
NPA chairman Rob Mutimer issued an angry response after Farming Minister Victoria Prentis rejected the NPA’s request for…
Surge in Test and Trace app ‘pings’ could force meat plants to cut production lines
British meat companies could soon be forced to start cutting down production lines, as more…
National Food Strategy sets out blueprint for a ‘better food system for a healthier nation’
A new National Food Strategy has today called on the Government to commit to a…
Industry bodies call for new veterinary agreement to address UK-EU food trader barriers
Food and feed trade associations, hauliers, farmers and veterinary and environmental health professional organisations have…
Consumers stand to be the big losers in UK-EU ‘sausage wars’, BMPA warns
Consumers will be the big losers, if the ‘sausage war’ between the UK and the…