Livestock haulage drivers must ensure they discuss loads
Date: 07 August 2007
Livestock haulage drivers must ensure they discuss the exact content of their loads with ferry companies, consignors and forwarders in the wake of the latest foot and mouth disease outbreak.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has advised haulage drivers to be particularly careful since some restrictions have been placed on the transportation of dairy products, live animals, and animal carcasses.
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The RHA also said it is confident that the crisis will be resolved "sooner rather than later", but also called for the government to provide livestock haulage firms with "adequate compensation".
"Livestock hauliers are still recovering from the last outbreak of this horrendous disease six years ago," said the RHA's Roger Wrapson.
"This latest episode could mean not only the loss of livelihood for individual operators, it could once again mean the loss of skilled drivers from this particular sector of the industry."
The presence of foot and mouth was confirmed on a farm in Surrey on August 3rd. A national ban came into force preventing the transportation of susceptible animals, and Defra has not outlined a time frame for when this ban may be reversed.
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