LIVE STOCK EMBARGO
Minister Explains Position
ANIMALS FROM BRITAIN
By Telegraph-—Press Association
Auckland, July 23.
Steps taken by the Government to prevent foot and mouth disease being introduced into New Zealand were explained by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. C. E. Macmillan, in an address to farmers at Patumahoe. The Minister said there was no embargo on the importation of stock as some people believed. The position was that every step had to be taken to prevent the disease reaching New Zealand. A lot of people had the idea that they could not buy in England a beast that they wanted. If cattle were bought in England they were subjected to inspection by English veterinarians and the animals on arrival in New Zealand had to be quarantined under regulations. Food and straw for the animals on the voyage bail to be supplied from either New Zealand or Canada. There was no suggestion of easing the regulations, for it was necessary to take the greatest care in view of the diseases that stock in some oilier countries had.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 254, 24 July 1935, Page 8
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