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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7943

11 April 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/foot and mouth disease
A majority of Member States demand a re-assessment of the non-vaccination policy once the crisis is over

Ostersund, 10/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU Farm Ministers, meeting Tuesday in an informal Council session in Ostersund, Sweden, expressed hostility at the immediate introduction of systematic foot and mouth vaccination of cattle. Vaccination was dropped ten years ago for economic and hygiene reasons. However, the Netherlands, breaking from the pack, and France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Portugal, Italy, the UK and the European Commission spoke in one voice in favour of a...

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