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 exports within the European Union can resume from...

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 that were still in place.

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 either country.

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 last week.

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 will no longer be required.

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 thick with livestock operations.

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 most experienced staff.

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 lifting of the FMD Restricted Zone on Monday, 19 November...

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 pin-pointed in the summer months.

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 of the drainage system.

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 Thursday.

Meat Export Restrictions Finally Lifted For Most of GB
UK - The lifting of meat export restrictions for most of GB, agreed a fortnight ago by Brussels vets, has now come into force. The European Commission confirmed the implementation this afternoon.

Farmers Fined Over Foot And Mouth
PEMBROKESHIRE - Two Pembrokeshire farmers who illegally moved their animals during the initial stages of the recent foot and mouth outbreak have been ordered to pay a total of £1,820.

NFU CYMRU FMD Legal Case Underway
UK - NFU Cymru’s legal case relating to the Foot and Mouth outbreak from Pirbright has today got underway with the Union’s lawyers, Thring Townsend, sending letters before action to both Merial and the Institute of Animal Health.