NBA urges industry to uphold FMD movement controls
UK - The National Beef Association has told its members that the most important contribution they can make to minimise the impact of the latest FMD outbreak is to strictly uphold the total restriction on all livestock movement until Defra is sure it has...

FMD outbreak in Surrey 50 years ago set legal precedent, foreshadowed current problems
UK - If the present outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Surrey is due to the escape of a virus being used at the experimental facility in Pirbright (either the commercial one or that of the ministry) then this is a considerable case of déjà vu. We have...

British Outbreak May Be Linked to Human Action
UK - An investigation, ordered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on Tuesday concluded that the spread of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock at two farms in southern England was probably caused by human movement from nearby laboratory facilities that...

Farmers' relief as Scots meat production given go-ahead
UK - MEAT production will begin again in Scotland today - while England remains in a state of total foot-and-mouth lockdown.

'No further measures needed to stop spread of outbreak' - Coughlan
IRELAND - No further preventative measures are required to stop the spread into Ireland of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) despite confirmation of a second case in the UK, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan said yesterday.

Suspicions of third case denied by ministry
UK - The agriculture ministry has just (Tuesday) denied that a third suspected case of foot and mouth disease had been found in Surrey, stating that there are currently only the two confirmed outbreaks.

Second Case is Confirmed, protection and surveillance zones updated
UK - Chief Veterinary Officer, Debby Reynolds has this morning announced that laboratory results have confirmed a positive result for Foot and Mouth Disease at the site in Surrey where slaughter on suspicion began on Monday evening, 6 August.

Farmers' Verdict On Handling Of FMD Crisis: So Far So Good
UK - The Scottish farming industry appears reasonably well satisfied with the way the foot-and-mouth crisis is being handled, judging from opinions expressed yesterday during a media briefing at the Rural Centre at Ingliston.

Could FMD Have Been Spread Through Chemical Drums
UK - A Cambridge-educated scientist has become a key figure in the foot and mouth inquiry after chemical drums from the vaccine factory at the centre of the outbreak were found on his allotment.

Second farm hit by suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth
UK - A SECOND suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease was discovered last night, fuelling fears the outbreak may be more widespread than first thought

Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak Revives Vaccine Debate
LONDON - An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease six years after the virus devastated the farm industry has reignited the debate over whether livestock should be vaccinated to avoid mass culls.

FMD outbreak limited to one premises over three sites
UK - Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds has today set out latest progress on tackling the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Surrey.

Foot And Mouth 'May Have Spread In Floods'
UK - Flooding is being examined as a possible cause of the foot and mouth disease outbreak, the Government's chief veterinary office said today.

Vaccine Security Breach 'Caused Outbreak'
UK - A breakdown in biosecurity during the manufacture of foot and mouth vaccine at an American pharmaceuticals company is the most likely source of the outbreak, a top virologist claimed last night.

Bitter Irony Of Latest Foot And Mouth Outbreak
UK - It is a bitter irony. The government laboratory at the centre of the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK is one of five institutions leading a new effort to tackle the disease worldwide. Just 11 days ago, it co-published a report...

FMD Outbreak - A Cruel Blow
UK - The Tenant Farmers Association has greeted the news which broke on Friday evening that foot and mouth disease (FMD) had returned to Great Britain as a cruel blow to Britain’s fragile livestock industry.

UK Probes Laboratory as Source for Foot-and-Mouth
UK - The UK government extended its investigation into a vaccine laboratory southwest of London after cattle became infected with foot-and-mouth disease, the first outbreak since 2001, at a farm near the site.

Foot and mouth disease flying on the wind?
UK - Although tests carried out by biosafety experts in Britain have revealed the strain of foot and mouth disease found in cattle is the same as that used in vaccine production at a nearby animal health research facility, no apparent breach of biosecurity...

Culling on FMD farm completed
UK - Defra have confirmed that the culling of the cattle on the infected enterprise in Surrey was completed on Saturday.

France takes preventive measures over foot-and-mouth disease
FRANCE - The French Ministry of Agriculture announced a series of precautionary measures Saturday to prevent the foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country after reports of an outbreak in England were confirmed reports Xinhua.