EU to declare UK free of foot and mouth disease
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European Union (EU) vets agreed on Tuesday to declare Britain free of foot and mouth disease from November 9 and allow all exports of British meat, dairy and live animals from then, the EU executive said.
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"The utmost priority is to cull the animals to control disease and to put movement control around so that reduces the risk of any further spread"  Authorities confirmed a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on the outskirts of London on Wednesday, just days after the government lifted livestock restrictions following the appearance of the devastating disease last month.The highly contagious disease was found in cattle grazing in Surrey, a county that borders London, and close to a laboratory that was linked to the August outbreak. The discovery created panic in farming communities that lost millions last month.'I'm really worried because I've got loads of pigs, a few cattle and horses, and we were getting the pigs ready for slaughter tomorrow,' said Andrew Parsons, a Surrey farmer. Read more
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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new cattle farm in southern England, the government said on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to ban British meat, dairy and livestock exports.
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The government has confirmed Friday that cattle culled on a second Surrey farm tested positive for foot and mouth disease, a bodyblow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week.
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British government sources have confirmed a suspected case of foot and mouth disease on a farm in southern England, BBC and Sky television reported on Wednesday.
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The last outbreak to affect Midland farmers was foot-and-mouth disease in March 2001.   Nearly 230,000 animals were slaughtered in the region - the second highest number in Britain.
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Some restrictions on moving animals imposed after the latest foot-and-mouth case are to be eased in Wales.
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The government on Saturday relaxed transport restrictions put in place after the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.
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British authorities confirmed the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease Wednesday at a farm on the outskirts of London
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Britain on Saturday lifted the last livestock restrictions imposed after last month&#39;s foot and mouth outbreak after experts said the disease had been &quot;eradicated&quot; from the country.
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A new outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed in Britain on Wednesday and the European Union reimposed a ban on British meat exports.
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A new suspected case of foot and mouth disease has been located near London, near the site of last month&#39;s outbreak in Britain, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
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Markets and exhibitions involving livestock, banned in Britain since an outbreak of the foot and mouth virus on August 3, will be allowed to resume from Monday, the agriculture ministry said.
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The government was set to continue slaughtering animals near the site of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease Thursday, just days after officials declared they squelched its spread and lifted restrictions.
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Some animal movement limits set after the foot-and-mouth outbreak are eased, despite a seventh case being confirmed.
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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new cattle farm in southern England, the government said on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to ban British meat exports.
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It will take at least two years before the European Union is fully ready to deal with a flu pandemic, the bloc's disease control agency said Thursday.