August 6, 2007

US bans British pork after FMD outbreak

The United States joined Japan Saturday (August 4) in banning pork imports from the United Kingdom following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England.

UK beef is already banned in both countries because of mad-cow disease.

The US Department of Agriculture said that it was barring all products derived from foot-and-mouth-susceptible species in the UK