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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

British agriculture was rocked to the core 25 years ago by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Have lessons been learnt at a time when the UK food supply chain is being compromised by illegal meat and cheap food imports?

Chris Brayford
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"If the UK's robust food supply chain is bargained away for cheap food imports and undermined by illegal meat, it is not only the countryside which suffers, but the whole of society."
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"If the UK's robust food supply chain is bargained away for cheap food imports and undermined by illegal meat, it is not only the countryside which suffers, but the whole of society."

The 25th anniversary of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK brings back vivid memories of a truly heartbreaking time for the countryside. For many, the sight and smell of the open-air pyres, used...

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