§ 58. Brigadier Medlicottasked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been drawn to the risk of pig pest being introduced into this country; and what steps are being taken by his Department to reduce the possibility of this disease being introduced by imports of pork from the Continent and by other means.
Mr. T. WilliamsI presume that this Question relates to Teschen disease of pigs. My Department is fully alive to the danger of introducing this disease into the country. Local investigations are made by veterinary officers of my Department before pig products are imported from any new source, and the position in countries already supplying the market is closely watched. Neither pork nor bacon is being imported from any country where the disease is endemic.