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By GI Korea on February 1st, 2010 at 8:42 am

Pocheon Cattle Sees Outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease

Remember this the next time you hear a Korean complain about “tainted” American beef:

The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the sixth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at an animal farm in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.

The latest case was reported eleven days after the fifth outbreak was confirmed in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, on January 19th.

The farm is located four kilometers from the farm in Gyeonggi Province where the first of six recent outbreaks of FMD was detected on January eighth.

Accordingly, the emergency culling of livestock is taking place at the farm as well as in nearby areas within a 500-meter radius of the affected farm.

The government will step up quarantine efforts and limit the travel of livestock, people and vehicles in the region.  [KBS Global]

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