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<blockquote data-quote="snarling bee" data-source="post: 6964846" data-attributes="member: 681"><p>A letter I wrote yesterday to my MP:-</p><p></p><p>Dear Nadine</p><p></p><p>I noticed that you did not vote for the Neil Parish amendment to the Agriculture Bill. </p><p></p><p>When you visited our farm last year, you were very vociferous in your views on animal welfare and live animal transport. So why vote to throw out an amendment that would have at least assured that meat imports would be produced to the high welfare standards that we have in this country.</p><p> We banned sow stalls in the UK in 1999, and yet they are still in use in many other countries.</p><p> Castration of piglets is still common in the EU, yet not practiced here.</p><p> In the USA beef is reared using hormones to accelerate growth of the animal, this is not allowed in the UK.</p><p> In the USA they do not change the litter or clean down their broiler units between batches, which they can get away with because they can wash the carcases in a chlorine solution. This practise is banned in the EU.</p><p> The law regarding battery cages was changed in the UK, so the cages were ripped out, bought by the Romanians, who now ship their eggs to the UK.</p><p> In China it was well publicised that thousands of pigs were buried alive in the African Swine Fever pandemic. </p><p></p><p>Are you suggesting we import meat from countries like that, whose view of animal welfare is so different from our own? </p><p></p><p>We have made huge strides in reducing antibiotic use in animal production in the UK, whilst elsewhere they have not. This has potentially massive impacts for global human health. In the UK between 2015 and 2017 we halved the antibiotic use in the pig industry, and further reductions have been made since then. In the USA they are still adding antibiotics to feed routinely, and treating pigs with antibiotics banned for animal use in the EU and without specific veterinary approval. In Thailand they are still using antibiotics on the critical list, and it is only recently that there was even a report on usage. </p><p></p><p>If we allow imports into this country, produced to a lower standard, that undercut our producers then there will be a lot of UK production shut down, and we will import even more of our food. This has implications for food security, balance of payments, GDP, employment, production standards and animal welfare. Are you going to be able to change, from Westminster, animal welfare standards in other countries?</p><p></p><p>You are happy to campaign to restrict live animal transport in this country, what are the live animal transport regulations elsewhere in the world? </p><p></p><p>I have had non farming constituents of yours contact me regarding your voting record in the Agriculture Bill. They are all concerned about food production standards and animal welfare with imported food. Many rural conservative MPs will lose votes on this issue, including you.</p><p></p><p>Kind regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snarling bee, post: 6964846, member: 681"] A letter I wrote yesterday to my MP:- Dear Nadine I noticed that you did not vote for the Neil Parish amendment to the Agriculture Bill. When you visited our farm last year, you were very vociferous in your views on animal welfare and live animal transport. So why vote to throw out an amendment that would have at least assured that meat imports would be produced to the high welfare standards that we have in this country. We banned sow stalls in the UK in 1999, and yet they are still in use in many other countries. Castration of piglets is still common in the EU, yet not practiced here. In the USA beef is reared using hormones to accelerate growth of the animal, this is not allowed in the UK. In the USA they do not change the litter or clean down their broiler units between batches, which they can get away with because they can wash the carcases in a chlorine solution. This practise is banned in the EU. The law regarding battery cages was changed in the UK, so the cages were ripped out, bought by the Romanians, who now ship their eggs to the UK. In China it was well publicised that thousands of pigs were buried alive in the African Swine Fever pandemic. Are you suggesting we import meat from countries like that, whose view of animal welfare is so different from our own? We have made huge strides in reducing antibiotic use in animal production in the UK, whilst elsewhere they have not. This has potentially massive impacts for global human health. In the UK between 2015 and 2017 we halved the antibiotic use in the pig industry, and further reductions have been made since then. In the USA they are still adding antibiotics to feed routinely, and treating pigs with antibiotics banned for animal use in the EU and without specific veterinary approval. In Thailand they are still using antibiotics on the critical list, and it is only recently that there was even a report on usage. If we allow imports into this country, produced to a lower standard, that undercut our producers then there will be a lot of UK production shut down, and we will import even more of our food. This has implications for food security, balance of payments, GDP, employment, production standards and animal welfare. Are you going to be able to change, from Westminster, animal welfare standards in other countries? You are happy to campaign to restrict live animal transport in this country, what are the live animal transport regulations elsewhere in the world? I have had non farming constituents of yours contact me regarding your voting record in the Agriculture Bill. They are all concerned about food production standards and animal welfare with imported food. Many rural conservative MPs will lose votes on this issue, including you. Kind regards [/QUOTE]
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