Press Release: Member States vote on foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza measures for UK

At the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, Member States voted in favour of a Decision reinforcing the control measures in the UK following 2 confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk in the past weeks. A Commission proposal to further ease the FMD restrictions in the UK was also endorsed. The Cypriot delegation gave an update on the FMD situation in the Republic of Cyprus