UK Bans Meat and Dairy Imports from Hungary and Slovakia After Disease Outbreak
Source: dairynews.today
The UK has imposed a ban on meat and dairy imports from Hungary and Slovakia following a confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease along their border.
The U.K. has moved to ban meat and dairy imports from Hungary and Slovakia after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed along the border between the two countries on Friday, less than two months after an outbreak in Germany.
The ban covers "cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and other non-domestic ruminants and porcines such as deer and their untreated products, such as fresh meat and dairy," the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement late Friday.
In addition, as of Sunday, travellers will no longer be able to bring meat, meat products, milk and dairy products, and animal by-products of pigs and ruminants from Hungary and Slovakia into Britain, the department said.
