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The @GBPork Twitter feed, run by the NPA’s Andrea Vickers, is asking people to send in examples of ‘pimped up’ pigs in blankets in the run up to Christmas. 

The latest post on the forum is a request for pig producers to take part in a survey to aid research at Cardiff University.

The NPA Security Pack has been updated in the Members Area.  

Ahead of the December 12 election, the latest issue of Pig World compared the main parties’ positions on the big issues affecting the pig sector.

In her latest comment article in Pig World, Zoe provides a positive update on Government-industry African swine fever preparations. 

New cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been discovered in western Poland, taking the virus even closer to the German border. 

NPA senior policy adviser Ed Barker has delved through the main parties election manifestos to see how their policies stack up for the pig sector. 

The NPA has joined more than 80 organisations in warning that soya imports from Brazil will be put at risk if a 13-year agreement on responsible sourcing is broken.

Importers of live animals and animal products have been reminded that the UK will implement EU Smarter rules for safer food (SRSF) regulations next week.

The NPA will hold joint meetings of its Producer Group (PG) and Allied Industry Group (AIG) next year, strengthening the links between its representative bodies.