§ Mr. Boris JohnsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research her Department has commissioned on the link between foot and mouth disease and processed swill feed. [152254]
§ Mr. BradshawThe Department is not currently undertaking any research into the link between foot and mouth disease and processed swill feed because the feeding of processed and unprocessed swill to animals is banned by EU legislation.
It has long been known that the feeding of under processed swill to animals can cause outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. We are not aware of any outbreaks of foot and mouth disease caused by the consumption of properly processed swill that has not been re-contaminated by unprocessed swill.