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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Europe Revises FMD Status of Cyprus and UK
EU - Member States today endorsed Commission proposals to revise certain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) measures in both Cyprus and the UK, to reflect the fact that there have been no recent outbreaks in...

Farm Visit Highlights FMD Impact to Welsh Office Minister
WALES - The devastating impact of the recent foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak for Welsh farming families was brought home to Wales Office Minister Huw Irranca-Davies during a farm visit in Ceredigion...

Three New Suspected Cases in Pathos and Nicosia
CYPRUS - Three new suspected cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported at farms in Paphos and Nicosia.

The End of the Tunnel is in Sight.
UK - The next meeting of SCoFCAH, is Monday/Tuesday (3rd/4th Dec) next week, when DEFRA hope that it will be agreed that restrictions on exports to EU of products and fresh meat can be lifted so that certificates...

Government Leak 'Should Never Have happened`
UK - The NFU has submitted a detailed report to Dr Anderson's independent review of the Government's handling of the 2007 outbreak.

The Billion Dollar Question Awaiting in Kansas
KANSAS - As much as $945 million. That's what agricultural economists at Kansas State University say could be the impact on Kansas' economy were there a large-scale foot-and-mouth outbreak in a region...

Defra Specialists to Vote on Action Over Poor Pay?
UK - Animal health specialists at the forefront of the UK's fight against foot and mouth and avian flu are to ballot on industrial action after rejecting a pay offer that would deny any increase to the...

Further Relaxations Announced
UK - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has advised that there is a further relaxation in the trade conditions for live animals to be exported to Britain. This is following the...

FMD Failings Leave Unions Speechless - Nearly
UK - Both the NFUS and NFU Cymru have reacted with incredulity that the Foot and Mouth virus was allowed to escape into the drainage system for a second time, after such crucial failings were painstakingly...

Stakes Are Raised In Second Round Of FMD Leaks
PIRBRIGHT - A second bout of Foot and Mouth virus leaks has been discovered in the Pirbright research facility in southeast England. And once again the focus of concern centres around the murky waters...

Evidence on Foot and Mouth Hardship
WALES - Evidence of the financial hardship faced by Welsh farmers as a result of Foot and Mouth Disease will be presented by farming Union NFU Cymru to the Welsh Assembly's Finance Committee on Thursd...