'When the swine flu outbreak first occurred, like any farm open to the public we sought advice from Defra.

'The advice posted on Defra’s website recommended that contact between humans and pigs was restricted or limited.

'As a sensible precaution, based on the information and evidence available, we made the decision to move our pigs from public areas to another part of the farm with no public access.

'We review the situation on a daily basis, but the suggestion our pigs are in quarantine is a gross exaggeration.

'We have a duty of care to both people and animals, so following veterinary advice we have moved 3 sows back to their farrowing pens in order to give birth.

'The farrowing pens are in a public area and to follow the Defra advice of limiting contact between people and pigs, we have double fenced the pen.'