An independent source of news, views and information from Britain's premier port of Felixstowe. At the same time, extra supplies of meat and dairy products will need to be rushed into the country as supermarkets run out of pork, beef and lamb. Even dairy products will eventually be affected.
Some disruption seems inevitable.
See The Great Meat War Breaking news is best taken from the BBC in a rapidly changing situation. The writer is heavily involved in the Foot and Mouth outbreak. It is difficult to continue normal life, let alone write much. I'm trying to stop the farmers blaming international trade for the outbreak. We lost our pigs to Swine Fever and are now trying to save our sheep and our blind in-calf Jersey cow from Foot and Mouth.