| The NFU-backed legal case brought by 14 farmers claiming damages after the foot and mouth outbreak in South East England in 2007 has been formally launched in the High Court.
The claim, by the livestock farmers whose businesses were affected by the outbreak in Surrey, has been brought against the Institute for Animal Health and Merial Animal Health Limited as operators of the Pirbright facility.
DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn is also named because of his role as licensor and regulator of the facility.
NFU President Peter Kendall said: “Many farming businesses were devastated by the impacts of the outbreak and this claim is about getting redress for those farmers.
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