Fears over a widening UK foot-and-mouth outbreak spread across Europe on Wednesday, prompting Portugal to demand all British travelers douse their feet in chemicals and France to slaughter 30,000 sheep.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/scien...-disease-.html


But the economic impact of foot-and-mouth disease, which was found at more sites on Wednesday, extends far beyond the farm gate.

Wholesale prices for pork and lamb have doubled in less than a week, meat distributors are panicking over filling orders, and millions of Britons are avoiding trips to the countryside for fear of transmitting the virus that causes the disease.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...ock-Costs.html

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