Feeding table scraps to pigs and poultry should be totally banned according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The ban would reduce the risk of meat being fed to livestock, and the risk of harmful bacteria or toxins ending up in the food supply, the agency said.

Intervet has opened a new formulation and filling unit at the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne, Germany.

There is nothing wrong with the laboratory's biosecurity measures, according to Professor Martin Shirley from the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) in Pirbright. He was speaking after the government revealed the strain of foot and mouth disease identified in Surrey, Southern England last week was strongly linked to a nearby vaccine laboratory.

The already frail pig industry faces ‘severe losses’ following the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak according to pig breeding company ACMC.