Phat Maintains Fight Against FMD
VIETNAM - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat told a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)’s meeting in Hanoi that the drastic efforts they have implemented to bring Foot and Mouth Disease under control will continue.

South African FMD Analysis Under Way
WASHINGTON, US - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on a risk analysis related to the importation of ruminants and ruminant products from the Republic of South Africa.

Cyprus Declared Free of Foot and Mouth Disease
CYPRUS - has been reinstated as a state free of foot and mouth disease (FMD), having eradicated the disease from its territory, after successfully dealing with the outbreaks recorded in 2007.

Foot-and-Mouth Fears Shut Down Danish Slaughterhouse
DENMARK - Danish veterinary authorities on Wednesday said they had temporarily closed a slaughterhouse near Copenhagen over fears that a pig due to be killed was infected with foot-and-mouth disease.

FMD Free Status Puts UK Back on Tracks
UK - News the UK is now officially free of foot and mouth disease has been greeted with delight by both the British Pig Executive (BPEX) and the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX).

FMD Compensation Petition Delivered to Downing St
UK - NFU Scotland will this afternoon be delivering a petition to the door of number 10 Downing Street calling for full compensation for all those in rural Scotland affected by last year's foot and mouth outbreak.

Canada Commits C$660,000 to FMD Prevention
CANADA - Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Macleod, Alberta, at a meeting with senior Argentinean agriculture officials, announced the 24 January that the Government of Canada is committing $660,000...

Kendall Says Government FMD response was ‘disproportionate’
UK - NFU President Peter Kendall has told the Anderson Inquiry into the handling of last year’s foot-and-mouth outbreak that the Government’s response was ‘disproportionate’.

FMD Has Far-Reaching Effects Beyond the Animal Itself
US - In November, a suspicious leaking package found in a rural West Virginia dump known to be frequented by wild swine was thought to be a bioterrorist threat to the U.S. livestock industry. The package contained a dead fawn from Liberia, a country which...

Venezuela and Brazil Join Forces over FMD
VENUZUELA - Venezuela and Brazil are to join forces in the fight against foot and mouth disease in South America.

Foot and Mouth Disease Measures Eased in Cyprus
CYPRUS - A Commission Decision to ease the foot and mouth disease (FMD) restrictions in Cyprus was endorsed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today.

Foot-and-Mouth Rules to Continue
UK - Restrictions introduced after the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey will remain in place until September, the county council has said.

Rio Grande Do Sul Starts First Stage of 2008 FMD Vaccination
BRAZIL - The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has started the first stage of it 2008 vaccination programme against foot and mouth disease.

Chile Recognises Argentina's FMD Free Status
CHILE - Chile has recognised Argentina as a country free from foot and mouth disease with vaccination.

Foot and Mouth Disease Export Restrictions Lifted
UK - The European Commission has now adopted a decision that lifts the remaining Foot and Mouth Disease control measures in Great Britain. Resumption of normal EU movements and trading, particularly exports within the European Union can resume from...

European Expert Casts Doubt on Foot and Mouth
CYPRUS - The Chairman of the European Livestock Association’s Animal Health and Welfare Committee has cast serious doubt over whether there was a foot and mouth outbreak in Cyprus.

Confessions at Pirbright
UK - Sir Bill Callaghan has today published his review of the regulatory framework for handling of animal pathogens in the United Kingdom.

Foot-And-Mouth Leak Lab ‘Should be Rebuilt’
UK - The government laboratory that was the source of this summer’s outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease should be closed and rebuilt, Whitehall’s chief scientist said yesterday.

Latest Lifting of FMD Restrictions Welcomed
UK - Farms in the area most directly affected by this summer’s foot and mouth outbreaks in the UK have been given the goahead to resume exporting meat following the lifting of some of the restrictions that were still in place.

The Fall-out - How Was it Handled in Scotland?
UK - NFU Scotland is asking its members for views on the Scottish Government’s response to the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey earlier this year.