PIG CARCASES CARRIED FOOT, MOUTH DISEASE.
GOVT. TRACES CAUSE TO FOREIGN MEAT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. “ Sydney Sun " Cable. (Received May 3, 9.35 am.) . LONDON, May 2. Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Lanarkshire and Carlisle have been traced to pig carcases imported from Belgium, through Holland. The Ministry of Agriculture traced and destroyed all the carcases forming the consignment, and other shiploads were inspected and sent back to Rotterdam. The Minister of Agriculture declares that the discovery is most important. For the first time evidence has been obtained in support of their suspicions that the disease was due to foreign meat, and enabling the Government to take preventive measures.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17863, 3 June 1926, Page 8
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