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Farming Today: 30/01/2013

30/01/2013

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Horse DNA is found in Spanish beef burgers. Anna Hill reports.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. As horse DNA is found in Spanish beef burgers, a leading MEP says Europe needs more power to implement its regulations.

As horse DNA is found in Spanish beef burgers, MEP Dan Jorgensen says Europe needs more power to implement and enforce its rules throughout member states.
Meanwhile the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee chairwoman Anne McIntosh says responsibility for food traceability in the UK is a grey area. A leading food safety analyst tells Farming Today he believes problems have arisen because of cuts to Trading Standards budgets by local authorities.
Farmers are losing an average of £29 on every lamb they sell at the moment, according to the English Beef and Lamb Executive. A Devon sheep farmer tells Sarah Swadling that the sheep industry is on the brink of crisis. But the British Retail Consortium says supermarkets are doing what they can to support the industry.
Presenter Anna Hill. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

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