By unlocking the export potential China offers the pig industry, not to mention the red meat sector as a whole, we could gain entry into a marketplace which comprises a fifth of the world’s population.Full judicial review for farmer of champion bull
THE Yorkshire farmer who is fighting to overturn a Defra notice to slaughter his champion British Blonde bull following a positive test for bTB, has been awarded the right for a full judicial review in the High Court.
Ken Jackson, of Stubbs Walden, near Pontefract, was granted the right at a preliminary hearing in London yesterday (Wednesday, January 26).
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Both sides now have 14 days to compile their evidence.
Mr Jackson has been calling for his bull Hallmark Boxter to be retested after tests on 20 animals had been found ‘unsatisfactory’, but Defra has repeatedly refused his request.
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