All FMD articles
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Opinion
Communication is key
Katrina Walsh highlights the role played by traders in managing the international supply chain and explains why the UK’s biosecurity depends upon the timely sharing of intelligence.
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News
Government stops cattle and pig imports from Austria
Following reports of a confirmed case of FMD in Hungary, close to the Austrian border, the Government has stepped up preventative measures.
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News
FMD controls in Germany amended
Defra has announced that the import ban currently in place due to the FMD outbreak in Germany will be amended.
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Opinion
Those who don’t remember the past will repeat it
BMPA’s Peter Hardwick asks why lessons learnt after the 2001 foot and mouth crisis were not heeded after January’s confirmed FMD cases.
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News
FMD outbreak reported in cattle in Hungary
The World Organisation for Animal Health has reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in a dairy cattle herd in Hungary.
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News
Call for personal meat product imports ban to prevent FMD spread
AIMS has issued an urgent call for the UK Government to implement a comprehensive ban on all personal imports of meat products derived from pigs and ruminants.
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News
Water buffalo FMD outbreak halts German meat exports to the UK
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in a water buffalo herd in Germany has placed a stop to German meat exports to Great Britain.