Shortcomings still exist in Argentina’s system for combating foot-and-mouth disease, according to a report from the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), published on 22 August.
The aim of the audit was to evaluate whether the surveillance and regionalisation measures for foot-and-mouth disease in the Patagonia Norte A zone provide adequate guarantees for the export to the European Union of fresh bovine, ovine, farmed and wild ruminant meat not subject to deboning and maturation.
The report...