Press Release: Export embargoes by third countries on foot-and-mouth disease

Following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK and France certain third countries are taking action against exports of cereals from the UK and in some cases even from the EU as a whole. Morocco has officially communicated restrictions on imports of cereals from the UK. Unofficial indications suggest that Hungary, Slovakia and Tunisia appear to have taken some actions against imports of cereals. The nature of these restrictions is not yet clear.