11/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - Due to the appearance of new sites of foot and mouth disease in the Dutch province of Friesland, the European Commission adopted, on Wednesday, new protection measures. Thus deliveries of fresh meat, meat based products, milk and milk products (from the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Noord-Holland, Flevoland, Overijssel, Gelderland, Utrecht, Zuid Holland, Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Zeelan) will be banned unless submitted to suitable processing.