The U.S. Department of Agriculture says British meat exports are free of FMD
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Last Update: 2002-07-19
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Introduction: according to a report released by the US Department of agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday, there is no risk that the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease will be transmitted to the United States from UK meat exports USDA said it would use the findings to decide whether to ease the ban on all UK meat products The ban came after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease last year, which cost the country 8 billion pounds ($12.53 billion) The USDA said in its report that the UK has taken a series of effective measures to prevent the recurrence of this terrible epidemic, including banning the feeding of residual food to animals The UK has the ability to quickly identify and follow up suspicious cases "Our conclusion is that the risk of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK is now likely to be negligible," the report said USDA has classified the UK as a "lower risk" country, similar to other EU countries Previously, the UK was rated as "high risk" USDA said it would accept public recommendations for its assessment until September 16 However, until the BSE problem is completely solved, it is unlikely that the U.S will lift the restrictions on British beef imports (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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