The Pig Swill Ban

A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut

Authors

  • Gerry Danby De Montfort University, Leicester Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28133

Keywords:

United Kingdom, 2001 Foot & Mouth Disease Outbreak, pigs swill, food and the state, food panic, hygiene , catering waste, press/media, animal by-products, intra-species feeding, pig evolution, landfill, environmental impact, food safety

Abstract

Supplies a chronology of the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom finding fault with the management on the part of regulators. This article argues that the ban against the use of pig swill imposed following the outbreak needs to be re-examined.

Author Biography

  • Gerry Danby, De Montfort University, Leicester

    Gerry Danby has been director of legal and democratic services for the City of Bradford, and a director of Slow Food; he is now a lecturer in food law at De Montfort University, Leicester and a lawyer specializing in that subject. 

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Published

2016-09-01

Issue

PPC 106 (2016)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Danby, Gerry. 2016. “The Pig Swill Ban: A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut”. Petits Propos Culinaires, September, 90-107. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28133.