Whats the pigswill story?
Much attention has focussed on a Northumberland swill farm – by all accounts a filthy, stinking ‘hillbilly’ operation. Its job was to take sows from farms around the country – animals too worn out to produce more piglets. The Heddon-on-the-Wall operation rapidly fattened and then despatched them for slaughter to Cheale Meats abattoir in Essex, where the first confirmed case was found. FMD was then traced back to Heddon-on-the-Wall from where it was said to have wafted to neighbouring farms and then been carried around the country via the medium of sheep dealers and markets.
Much attention has focussed on a Northumberland swill farm – by all accounts a filthy, stinking ‘hillbilly’ operation. Its job was to take sows from farms around the country – animals too worn out to produce more piglets. The Heddon-on-the-Wall operation rapidly fattened and then despatched them for slaughter to Cheale Meats abattoir in Essex, where the first confirmed case was found. FMD was then traced back to Heddon-on-the-Wall from where it was said to have wafted to neighbouring farms and then been carried around the country via the medium of sheep dealers and markets.
