IN BRIEF

29 March 2002

IN BRIEF

&#8226 THIS years Pig and Poultry Fair will take place at Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warks, on May 15 and May 16. However, to ensure there is no risk of spreading foot-and-mouth, livestock will not be exhibited, say the organisers, RASE. Seminars focussing on pig health and welfare will also take place on both days, covering pig wasting diseases, salmonella and EU pig welfare standards. For further information contact Jane Spence at RASE (024-7685 8275, fax 024-7669 6900).

&#8226 PORCOFRAM Marketing is to survey pig production and marketing strategies in Europe and the UK to devise a blueprint for producers in collaboration with processors and retailers. Using a £125,000 government grant, it hopes to build on the collaboration which exists within the Glanbia Producer Group, supplying Glanbia Fresh Meats, and to the pig industry in general, adds Tony Suckling of Porcoframs parent company BOCM PAULS. &#42