SHOCKING scenes captured on video at the farm blamed for the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak -only weeks after Government inspectors gave it a clean bill of health -has prompted calls for a fresh Goverment probe.

A dog is seen tugging on a dead animal lying on a mound of rotting flesh in the video, which was handed to a farming magazine.

It also shows pigs lying in broken pens, piles of bones, smouldering rubbish and bins of unprocessed food.

Experts and MPs called for an investigation into why farmer Bobby Waugh's licence was renewed shortly before the outbreak, despite the conditions.

Lib-Dem agriculture spokesman Andrew George said: "I am shocked by the video and the conditions on the farm. The pressure for re-opening the file on this issue is now overwhelming."

Country Land and Business Association legal chief Chris Price said: "Certificates for this farm to continue feeding should never have been issued. It appears no proper investigation into the events has been carried out and this video seems to confirm it."

On the newly uncovered video, two trading standards officers are seen inspecting Waugh's Burnside pig farm at Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, four days after the foot-and-mouth crisis started.

Ministers have repeatedly denied the Government was to blame for the outbreak because its vets failed to take appropriate action against Waugh, who was banned from keeping livestock, electronically tagged and ordered to pay £10,000 costs by a court.

The epidemic began in February 2001 and lasted until September 2002. About six million animals had to be culled.

Compensation is being sought by 62 farmers who lost their livelihoods when swill-feeding was banned in 2001 following the crisis.