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Pig farmers are 'sitting ducks', NPA chief warns

National Pig Association chief executive Lizzie Wilson told visitors to the Pig and Poultry Fair in Birmingham that worrying amounts of illegally imported pigmeat being seized at the Port of Dover increased the UK's exposure to ASF

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Pig farmers are 'sitting ducks', NPA chief warns

British pig farmers are 鈥榮itting ducks' when it comes to the increased risk of African swine fever (ASF) following changes to UK border security, industry leaders have warned. National Pig Association...

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