Originally posted by doc:
Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Norway became the latest nations to ban imports of livestock and meat products from the 15-nation EU, just a day after the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease was found among cattle in northwestern France.
Hong Kong on Wednesday banned imports of live pigs, cattle, sheep and goats from France, and Singapore banned meat and dairy imports from France and Argentina, which has also reported at least one case of foot-and-mouth.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...and-Mouth.html
AND: Britain said Wednesday it was stepping up its livestock slaughter to try to stem a foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping the country and threatening Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans for a May 3 election.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world...l-food-di.html
Dogs trained to sniff luggage for contraband food or even soiled boots -- signs a traveler may have been on a farm -- greeted travelers from London and other European points as inspectors tightened U.S. defenses against foot-and-mouth disease.
``It's fair enough, considering you have 10 times as many cattle as we do,'' British student Anthony Davidowitz said Wednesday as he waited as inspectors disinfected two pairs of his shoes after he arrived at Dulles International Airport.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...and-Mouth.html
[This message has been edited by doc (edited 03-14-2001).]
I noticed all the hub-ub at airports with security, it seems like something like this happens over there every year!
And yet the Europeans are so afraid to let our agriculture products enter their market...they claim GM enhanced cattle and other ag products is why, but we don't see any of that mess here!