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Farmers fined for breaking TB rules


Four farmers who conspired to breach bovine TB regulations have been sentenced

Richard Young

Posted 08 October 2019 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|West Midlands


UPDATES: Four farmers were fined after breaching bovine TB movement restrictions and falsifying cattle records, underlining the importance of robust animal health enforcement and traceability.

Four Staffordshire farmers have been sentenced for conspiring to fraudulently trade calves and breach TB restriction rules following a prosecution brought by <a href="https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Business/Animalhealth/Animal-Health.aspx">Staffordshire County Council’s Animal Health Team</a>.

Johnathan Pickford (42), Robert James (62), Hazel Woodward (71) and Neil...

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