§ Sir A. Bossomasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will advise farmers who are farming in areas 64W where foot-and-mouth disease breaks out what precautions they should take when their milk is collected to avoid any risk of the infection spreading more widely in their own area.
§ Mr. John HareThe main risk involved in the collection of milk in an infected area is that disease may be spread by contamination on the outside of the churns. The leaflet we issue on foot-and-mouth disease advises stock owners in an infected area to sterilise churns as soon as they are received from the dairies and it describes the way to do it. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy.