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  • Milk from cows testing positive for tuberculosis (TB)

    Defra will examine the report's many recommendations and publish an initial response in the autumn and a full response in the New Year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jim Paice’s speech at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution annual event

    Jim Paice’s speech at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution annual event.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sharing responsibility for animal health and welfare policy

    A new Animal Health and Welfare Board for England will make direct policy recommendations on the health and welfare of all kept animals.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bovine TB and badger culling: myth busted

    Research shows the positive effects of badger culling can last for a long time and that an initial negative effect disappeared relatively quickly.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra calls for return to full transparency over CAP payments information

    The UK Government is committed to transparency in the use of public funds, which includes everyone who has received payments under the CAP.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and Brazil call for action on food prices

    The UK and Brazil have asked G20 members to consider measures to tackle short-term and long-term challenges of food price volatility.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • People want to buy healthy, local food, survey shows

    Almost all households rated healthy foods as being the most important of these considerations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cattle testing positive for TB to be DNA tagged

    Cattle testing positive for Bovine TB are to be DNA tagged to further strengthen controls preventing spread of the disease.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bob Watson and neonicotinoids: myths busted

    We will not hesitate to act if presented with any new evidence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Traditional Cumberland sausages win protected status in Europe

    Only Cumberland sausages made in Cumbria to specific standards can be called 'traditional' in future, Food Minister Jim Paice announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Animal health and welfare budgets devolved

    Budgets will be devolved from 1 April 2011 and have been shared based on historic spending and animal numbers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Approval for GM release in proposed Typhoid vaccine trial

    Defra has approved an application from Emergent Product Development UK Ltd to release a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) as part of a clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine against typhoid.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Permanent Secretary for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

    Bronwyn Hill appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pesticides consultation on charges and enforcement launched

    A consultation on pesticides enforcement regulations and fees associated with protecting people and the environment from pesticides use has been launched today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cornish pasties can’t be pirated

    Cornish pasties have won official recognition protection under the EU protected food names scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK action sees off battery cage delay

    British-led action has prevented an attempt by some EU Member States to delay a ban on ‘battery cages’ for laying hens.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’

    Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference

    Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Farmers must back the Campaign for the Farmed Environment

    An open letter from Jim Paice, Minister for Agriculture, to the farming industry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech to the Soil Association, “The future of food”

    Hello, and I'm very sorry not to be with you in person today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government