§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average importation of meat from the Argentine over the last three years; and whether, in view of the possibility that the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease came from the Argentine, he will stop all imports of meat from that country.
§ Mr. Hoy:Supplies of carcase meat and offal from the Argentine totalled 134,300 tons in 1965, 150,300 tons in 1966 and 126,500 tons in the first eleven months of 1967. The origin of the present foot-and-mouth epidemic has not yet been established. Imports of meat from many countries including the Argentine are however temporarily suspended.