EU hits at ‘excessive’ disease blockades

EU food safety commissioner David Byrne has strongly condemned bans on imports of agricultural products as a result of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain and France. About 90 countries, including the United States and Australia, have banned live animal imports and meat and dairy products, but some - including Morocco, Tunisia, Slovakia and Hungary - have gone further and stopped a wide range of agricultural trade, even cereals.

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