Pat's Note: Here is a classic bit of nonsense, illustrating perfectly
Defra's obsession with anything other then live movements being the
source of all if not all of the recent epidemics.

The reporting is not too sharp either. Think about it.

How do they know? They can't. You cannot know the unknowable.

You might know the number of seizures had fallen by 29 percent for
example or you might know the total tonnage, total value, or some
other measurement of the seizures, but you cannot know what was
missed.

You don't know whether detected or not they were infected. Most were
probably harmless and the rest would not have gone anywhere near a
farm.

Spin, spin and more spin. The underlying report is probably accurate,
illgal imports of all kinds have to be stopped,  but does this really
mean anything?

Anything to distract attention from live imports (or exports come to
that). 

Defra's bent vets are encouraging a smoke screen again. They know the
net is closing on them. The pigs and the Waugh Fabrication are a black
cloud on the horizon. It was not swill.


http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=20290



Illegal imports of animal products fall 29pc
News | 25 July, 2008 

By William Surman 

THE number of illegal imports of animal products into the UK has
fallen by 29 per cent over the last year, Defra has revealed. 

In its annual report, Defra said that control of imports was an
important element of government disease control strategy and that just
under 25,000 seizures of illegal products had been made between April
1, 2007 and March 31, 2008.

Lord Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Food and Farming and Animal
Health said: “We will continue to monitor and assess the changing
threats from around the world, and work with customs and boarder
control to make sure that our enforcement activity is targeted at
current risks.”

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Pat Gardiner
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