Beef Assoc Slams Foot and Mouth Plan
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Beef Association (ABA) has slammed a recent recommendation to import live foot and mouth viruses into Australia for research purposes, saying a potential outbreak would be an "act of bioterrorism against our livestock industries".
29 December 2008
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Weekly Times Now reports ABA chairman, Brad Bellinger, saying “It was unbelievable that the recently released Beale Report could make such a risky biosecurity policy”.
"The evidence is already on record that research facilities are not secure enough to contain highly contagious diseases," the ABA said.
"The escape of equine influenza from Eastern Creek and the transfer of the rabbit calicivirus from an island off the coast of South Australia to the mainland are just two examples of how porous biosecurity can be.
