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600kg illegal meat haul adds to border security fears

Concerns for animal health grow amid foot-and-mouth disease and Northern Ireland illegal meat find

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Border security has been called into question by livestock bodies
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Border security has been called into question by livestock bodies

The UK's borders have been called into question once again after 600kg of illegal meat was seized in Northern Ireland. Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA),...

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