hoof and mouth

Officials in Argentina have confirmed that at least one case offoot-and-mouth disease has been found there. Argentina is the world’s 4th largest beef-producing nation, and provides the beef that supplies many U.S. fast food franchises.

The United States has banned imports of beef from Argentina and has expanded the ban on imports of livestock and fresh meat to include all 15 members of the European Union, after a case of foot-and-mouth was found in France.

The European Union has expressed dismay over this blanket ban. “Thirteen EU states are disease-free. We have measures in place to keep it that way,” says spokeswoman Maeve O’Beirne.
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