Brussels, 10/01/2008 (Agence Europe) -European Commission's proposal for a decision to ease foot and mouth disease (FMD) restrictions in Cyprus was endorsed on Thursday 10 January by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. Since early November 2007, no new outbreaks of the disease have been recorded on the island of Cyprus, now considered to be in the “low risk” category.
Given the above proposal, which has still to be formally adopted by the Commission, restrictions...