It has also led to an all-Wales survey into the issue by the Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW).

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His comments came as the Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) said it was appalled horsemeat was mislabelled as beef.

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Farming unions the FUW and NFU Cymru, Careers Wales, the Unite union, Wales TUC and Coleg Menai also took part.

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The union's Glamorganshire county officer, Adrian Evans, said in one case, an FUW member had a sky lantern land in a barn.

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Nick Fenwick, FUW, suggested that the views the minister expressed might have been different had the assembly government made more "robust statement" about their preferred direction of travel.

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But the Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) supported the decision.

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"This final ministerial decision marks an important step towards reducing bovine TB incidences in an area that has one of the highest rates of the disease in Europe, " said FUW spokesman, Brian Walters.

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The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW), the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, Wales Young Farmers' Clubs, Welsh language women's group Merched y Wawr and the Women's Institute all support the campaign.

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"The FUW is urging everyone to be vigilant for any suspicious activity in the countryside and to use the latest camera phone technology in a bid to help the police catch the thieves, " he said.

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Representatives from Farmers Union Wales (FUW) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) Wales told the sub-committee on 10 March 2011, that the minister Elin Jones AM may have been able to do more to influence the UK government minister's stance on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

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