15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 15 February, the European Commission received approval from the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) to ban imports of de-boned and matured bovine meat from 8 departments in the Argentinean province of Corientes due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the region. Another decision was also approved concerning the strengthening of controls in Brazil (tighter certification requirements for Brazilian exports to the EU, notably...