§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many samples of imported meat have been tested for the classical swine fever virus in each month since testing began. [18413]
§ Mr. MorleyThe tests are only carried out on illegally imported meat. To date four such samples have been tested, one in October 2000, two in November 2000 and one in January 2001. The virus isolation tests for classical swine fever proved negative in all cases.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of classical swine fever there were in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority. [24901]
§ Mr. MorleyThere were 16 cases of classical swine fever in the UK in 2000, as follows:
UK Number of cases County council Suffolk 7 Norfolk 8 Essex 1 Total 16 District council Suffolk, Coastal 4 Waveney 3 South Norfolk 4 Breckland 3 Broadland 1 Colchester 1 Total 16 Constituency Suffolk, Coastal 6 Waveney 1 South Norfolk 4 South-West Norfolk 1 Mid-Norfolk 3 Colchester 1 Total 16 There were no cases of classical swine fever in the UK in 2001.