FMD outbreak in Great Britain

The United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed a case of FMD on a farm in Surrey, a county in southeast England, August 3.

The government immediately set up a two-mile protection zone around the farm, as well as a six-mile surveillance zone. After the first confirmed FMD case, the United Kingdom issued a nationwide ban on livestock movement, which has since been lifted. Additionally, the European Union, along with several other countries, imposed an import ban on British meat and dairy products.

The last restrictions imposed on livestock movement in the UK following the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak have now been lifted.


For more information about FMD, visit www.fmdinfo.org.