British Livestock Genetics

The lifting of the export ban to the USA is great news for the British livestock industry. The ban was imposed because of the incidence of Foot & Mouth Disease in Britain last August following a leak from the Government's Pirbright laboratory site. Not only has the US now lifted it for the whole country except the county of Surrey (the area concerned) but the decision has also been backdated to 3 August last year.

DEFRA is currently working on the relevant export health certificates and the first batch will be available in the next few days, including those for pig meat and breeding stock, bovine, ovine and caprine semen and bovine embryos.

British Pig Executive (BPEX) Chief Executive Mick Sloyan said: "This is wonderful news and is thanks to the tremendous hard work of DEFRA, the Foreign Office and the US Department of Agriculture. The backdating is also a vote of confidence in the safety and quality of British pigs, pork and ruminant genetics. I hope other countries will have similar confidence as negotiations take place to open or re-open markets in the coming months. That work is continuing and is being supported by a major DEFRA/industry programme in place to re-establish markets we lost because of the disease outbreak."

Full details of the US statement can be found by following this link - Link text

The full DEFRA letter is available by following this link - Link text

[01/02/2008]





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The ban was imposed because of the incidence of Foot & Mouth Disease in Britain last August following a leak from the Government's Pirbright laboratory site. Not only has the US now lifted it for the whole country except the county of Surrey (the area concerned) but the decision has also been backdated to 3 August last year. DEFRA is currently working on the relevant export health certificates and the first batch will be available in the next few days, including those for pig meat and breeding stock, bovine, ovine and caprine semen and bovine embryos. British Pig Executive (BPEX) Chief Executive Mick Sloyan said: "This is wonderful news and is thanks to the tremendous hard work of DEFRA, the Foreign Office and the US Department of Agriculture. The backdating is also a vote of confidence in the safety and quality of British pigs, pork and ruminant genetics. I hope other countries will have similar confidence as negotiations take place to open or re-open markets in the coming months. That work is continuing and is being supported by a major DEFRA/industry programme in place to re-establish markets we lost because of the disease outbreak." Full details of the US statement can be found by following this link - Link text The full DEFRA letter is available by following this link - Link text [01/02/2008]