The herbal supplement echinacea has been drafted in to help UK farmers combat the deadly foot and mouth disease, claims Organicts.com. New Zealand-bsed company Tauranga NZ Vitalife said it has exported its echinacea product to the UK to help boost animals’ immune systems.

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According to the Food Navigator news site, several hundred kilogrammes of the dried products and about a hundred litres of the product in liquid form were exported. None of the farms which fed their animals the echinacea products had an outbreak of foot and mouth.

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