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  2. British Cattle Movement Service - Wikipedia

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    The British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) is the organisation responsible for maintaining a database of all bovine animals in Great Britain; Northern Ireland has a separate database maintained by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. It was established in the wake of the mad cow disease crisis in the UK, and is part of ...

  3. Meat and Livestock Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) was set up by the UK Government under the Agriculture Act 1967 with government money with the remit to promote the sale of red meat. The MLC was previously an independent non-departmental public body, but from 1 April 2008 it was superseded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. [1]

  4. National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers - Wikipedia

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    The post-war period in Britain saw a decline in the number of farmworkers from 750,000 in 1946 to under 200,000 in 1976. Over the same period, the NUAW lost half of its membership despite strong recruitment centred on agricultural auxiliary workers—such as those working in the transport and retail of food and agriculutral goods. [ 11 ]

  5. National Farmers' Union of England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The rise of the labour movement saw farmworkers organise agricultural trade unions such as the Lincolnshire Labour League [note 1] and the Warwickshire Agricultural Labourers Union. [ note 2 ] These unions initially achieved modest victories and growth, but a series of unsuccessful attempts to use collective action resulted in the decline and ...

  6. Category:Cattle in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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  7. UK bans cattle, pigs and sheep imports from Germany after ...

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    The UK has introduced a ban on pigs, sheep and cattle imports from Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in the country. The government said on Tuesday it will no longer ...

  8. 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak - Wikipedia

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    Number of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Western Europe in 2001 ( 100-893 50-100 10-50 1-10) Several cases of foot and mouth were reported in Ireland and mainland Europe, following unknowing transportation of infected animals from the UK. The cases sparked fears of a continent-wide pandemic, but these proved unfounded.

  9. Rationing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK also imported more than half of its meat and relied on imported feed to support its domestic meat production. The civilian population of the country was about 50 million. [ 3 ] It was one of the principal strategies of the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic to attack shipping bound for Britain, restricting British industry and ...