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Regulation & law · 17/12/2002Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

Great Britain Added to List of Regions Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Relaxing Import Restrictions

Summary

The US Department of Agriculture has amended regulations to allow for the importation of certain animal products from Great Britain, following an evaluation that found the country to be free of foot-and-mouth disease, after previously removing it due to an FMD outbreak in Northern Ireland.

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