Failure to prosecute backyard flock owners riles producers

The 7th West Country Layers Association conference gave producers plenty to debate about. There was also a programme of technical speakers. Poultry World was there. Poultry farmers have expressed their anger at the failure of enforcement bodies to take any legal action against backyard flock owners for flouting avian influenza restrictions in the current outbreak. Farmers criticised the lack of prosecutions by Defra, the Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA) or local trading standards officers, cl