German pork imports banned due to foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) announced on the 10th that it will ban the import of German pork and pork products starting from the date of shipment in Germany, as the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture confirmed the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in buffalo and reported it to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, this measure was taken after three buffaloes raised on a buffalo farm in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, died and were tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease at the German National Reference Laboratory. This is the first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany in 37 years since 1988, and the first outbreak in Europe since the last outbreak in Bulgaria in 2011. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will apply the ...