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Farming Today: 27/05/2011

27/05/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 27/05/2011

The Pirbright labs are told to improve their practices after a leak of foot and mouth.

The Institute for Animal Health is told to improve its practices after a leak of foot and mouth was discovered in its Pirbright laboratory.

The Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright has been issued with an improvement notice after a flask containing foot and mouth virus cracked and some of the virus escaped in a laboratory. Head of the Institute Mike Johnson explains how the incident happened.

96% of children don't eat their 5 portions of fruit and veg a day according to the Government, so it has launched a new Task Force to encourage more schools to grow their own vegetables. Charlotte Smith talks to Myles Bremner, chairman of the "Food Growing in Schools Task Force". He says that most schools can grow their own food cheaply. 

And Farming Today hears beef farmers are making an extra £100 profit on cattle because of a 50% rise in offal exports. Last year the UK exported 4000 tonnes of offal, and the English Beef and Lamb Executive say demand is such that farmers can now virtually eliminate carcass waste. Meanwhile a visit to a turkey farm reveals that over 33 million birds are lost each year in the poultry industry. 

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Ruth Sanderson.

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