Foot and Mouth - nearly all clear August 30, 2007
Posted by Andy Roberts in : foot-and-mouth, UK , trackbackI know how annoying it can be when a story I’ve been following just drops out of the news spotlight without informing me of the outcome. I want to know how it ended, even if the result was less newsworthy than promised. So just in case anybody is wondering what happened to the small but very worrying outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in Surrey, UK, this is the present position:
* No new incidences have occurred
* Animal movement restrictions are being lifted except for a small area in Surrey.
* EU export bans on UK meat are also ending.
Almost everything should be back to normal by mid September.
LIVESTOCK markets, animal gatherings and shows will re-commence in Wales from Monday (September 3), Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has announced.
It also expected that activities will be able to resume in England from the same date, although this is still to be formally confirmed.
And on the subject of the cause of the outbreak:
Investigation by the U.K. Veterinary Medicines Directorate turned up no evidence of the virus coming from the Merial operation. No source for the infection has been found to date.
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