Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Central Europe leads to animal culls and border closures

Hungary confirms FMD outbreak at fifth cattle farm

An epidemiological investigation is underway.

What the dairy farms feared has happened: foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread, this time on the Rábaköz farm, which keeps 600 cattle.

Bringing meat and cheese back to Britain from the EU is now illegal

Britons bringing back cheese or meat products from holiday in Europe this Easter face being prosecuted after the Government banned such items due to foot and mouth concerns. Officials have updated the rules around which food and animal products are allowed to be brought back into the UK from the European Union as ministers seek to guard against the ongoing foot and mouth outbreak on the continent. Ministers had previously placed restrictions on …

UK puts ban on EU travellers to stop spread of foot-and-mouth disease

Cases of the disease have soared in Europe and the Government has clamped down to stop it spreading into the UK.

Britain wants to protect itself from foot-and-mouth disease that has broken out across Europe by banning travellers from entering all meat and dairy products from EU countries. This also includes sandwiches with cheese and ham, but not confectionery and pasta.