U-Turn On Danger Feeds ; Stores Won't Stand for Plan to Give Dead Pigs to Livestock

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PROPOSALS to lift the ban on feeding livestock the remains of other animals appeared to be dead in the water last night.

EU experts want the rule relaxed to allow pig feed to be supplemented with chicken remains and vice-versa.

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U-Turn On Danger Feeds ; Stores Won't Stand for Plan to Give Dead Pigs to Livestock

But farming leaders and scientists say that, while such a practice may be safe, it would not be countenanced by the public.

'Consumers are against this and we wouldn't...