Going Green

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

British Foot-and-Mouth Restrictions Eased

Good news for the British livestock industry.

Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased

Bans on livestock movement in low-risk foot-and-mouth areas across Britain have now been lifted.

Officials have also ended the disease protection zone in Surrey after no further cases of the disease emerged.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the decision was made after "extensive surveillance".

Surrey's wider 10km surveillance...(complete article here).

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