The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) reacted angrily to the UK government’s decision to stop disinfection work on farms hit by foot-and-mouth disease in order to review costs. The suspension was first thought to affect future clean-up operations, but the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (previously known as MAFF) has now ordered all cleaning operations to stop, even those in progress. The NFU estimated that this will affect around 6,000 more farms than initially thought.

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