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Cattle markets in the UK closed by last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease will reopen next week under strict cleanliness standards, the government said on Tuesday.
This move follows a vote this week by the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) in Brussels that voted in favour of a European Commission proposal to lift the last remaining restrictions still applying in the United Kingdom because of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
Cattle markets were shut and livestock movements severely restricted after the foot-and-mouth outbreak was detected in February 2001. Some markets since have resumed limited trading.
There have been no new cases of the airborne disease since Sept. 30, and the Office International des Epizooties declared on 21 January 2002 that Britain was free of the disease.