Guest guest Posted February 26, 2001 Report Share Posted February 26, 2001 EU urges traces to beat foot-and-mouth February 26, 2001 Web posted at: 10:25 AM EST (1525 GMT) BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union has urged member states to trace livestock shipments from Britain to prevent foot-and-mouth disease spreading across Europe. Meanwhile on Monday, the task of burning the carcasses of hundreds of slaughtered animals continued as the highly infectious animal virus caused havoc to Britain's farming industry. At a briefing on Monday in Brussels, the European Commission's health and consumer spokeswoman, Beate Gminder, said the EU was " satisfied with measures taken " by British authorities to stamp out the disease and prevent its spread throughout the continent. read the rest of this article at http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/UK/02/26/animals.disease/index.html -- Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmacafe.com Powered by Instant Portal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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