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Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

EU keeps ban on British meat; 2001 outbreak cost $17B

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2007 1:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung... Read full story »

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