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The article highlights the political and agricultural implications of Hungary's ban on meat imports from Poland and several other European countries, including Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Romania, in response to Hungary's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic. This ban, aimed at protecting local animal populations and preventing the disease's spread, has been criticized by Hungary's Prime Minister as an illegal trade restriction that disrupts international commerce. Despite the criticism, the ban, which includes restrictions on animal feed, remains in effect until the end of August. Hungary has permitted the transit of embargoed goods through its territory, provided they are declared and do not stay for more than five days. The FMD outbreak in Hungary marked the first such incident in the country since 1973, prompting stringent measures to control the disease's spread, including inspections of farms and restrictions on the import and export of animals.