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Great BritainAPHIS Declares Great Britain Free of FMD, Rinderpest
Great Britain has been declared free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and rinderpest by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and is being added to the list of regions considered to be free of foot-and-mouth disease. The current FMD-free region list includes North America, Central America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe. FMD and rinderpest are two diseases that have plagued Great Britain's livestock population over the past two years, according to the American Meat Institute.
APHIS reported that Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man) has met the standards of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) for being considered free of FMD and is added to the list of free regions effective on Dec. 17, 2002.
In addition, APHIS added that Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been moved to a list denoting that certain restrictions must still apply because of the countries’ proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected regions. This rule relieves certain FMD-related prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of ruminants and swine and fresh (chilled or frozen) meat and other products of ruminants and swine into the United States from Great Britain.
APHIS will continue to prohibit importation of live ruminants from Great Britain due to the known presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in that country. Other products derived from ruminants, such as fetal bovine serum, bonemeal, meat-and-bone meal, bloodmeal, offal, fats, and glands, are also prohibited from entry, except under special conditions or under USDA permit for scientific or research purposes.