Sunak announces funding for new abattoirs and endemic disease control
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a package of industry support measures, as leading figures from across the food and farming industry gathered at Downing for the second Farm to Fork Summit.
The package includes a new Endemics Disease Scheme with over £72m of funding and an Infrastructure Grant for Laying Hens with over £20m of funding as part of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.
The Endemics Disease Scheme will help farmers control Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in pigs, eradicate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in cattle, and tackle a range of different health conditions in sheep.
Mr Sunak also announced £3 million in support for new and mobile abattoirs through the Farming Investment Fund. This builds on the Small Abattoir Fund which opened last year to boost the sustainability and efficiency of red meat and poultry smaller abattoirs across England.
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