...account. An Environment Agency spokesperson said: The Operator Self Monitoring approach is independently accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Though we do carry out unannounced on-site inspections, this is...
...generated coverage in Express and Star, ENDS Report, The Poultry Site and the Pig Site, including comments raised around the need to protect environmental and animal welfare standards in future...
...the basis of ecological principles. Once these are met, the selection of sites should seek to minimise any negative effects on stakeholders. To do this, Government should agree the identification...
...in large enough quantities and this already has separate protection in Canada. Likewise, the reason beef is not included in the EU proposals for protection in Japan is because beef...
...farming policy, and is critical of the government’s handling of the introduction of the programme claiming that Defra is being over-optimistic about its objectives and timeline, and has provided insufficient...
...very exceptional circumstances where there is a Bovine TB ‘hotspot’. This is where disease in badgers is linked with infected cattle herds, which is very rare in the low-risk area....
...waters, Environment Agency field teams are operating an ultra-high volume pump, capable of pump 5 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of water every hour away from the town. This is now...
...Hall, meeting a variety of British food producers exhibiting at the showground. He also visited the Tesco Stand, which this year was celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary. Following this, the...
...and that the weather is expected to improve until the weekend when further unsettled weather is expected. Throughout the course of this week the Environment Agency has had teams working...
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