Hrnčířová: EU legislation has clear rules for the culling of animals in foot-and-mouth disease zones

Farmers protested against the culling of healthy animals ordered by the government to combat foot-and-mouth disease. They demanded an easing of the measures.

Around a hundred farmers, mainly from the Dunajská Streda district, protested in Bratislava on Friday against strict measures in connection with the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The farmers demanded that the government reconsider the strict regulation, according to which all animals susceptible to the disease within a three-kilometer radius must be killed. They demanded that farms where the infection did not occur be quarantined and the heal…

Hrnčířová: EU legislation has clear rules for the culling of animals in foot-and-mouth disease zones

Brussels – The legislation of the European Union (EU) has had clear rules for decades on how to proceed with the culling of livestock in regions affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and also has compensation schemes for affected farmers. This was stated on Friday by the European Commission (EC) spokesperson for health, Eva Hrnčířová, to the TASR correspondent in Brussels. According to her, the Commission registers that representatives of the…