Brussels, 13/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The long-dreaded confirmation of cases of foot-and-mouth in France (among Mayenne cattle) - the first on continental Europe since the epizootic broke out in Great Britain on 19 February - had led the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Brussels to hear detailed information from France and deliberate on additional measures to be taken, at Community level, to prevent the disease from spreading throughout the...