"aftosa" in English

Let us not forget that foot-and-mouth disease is still a serious problem in Brazil.

(B5-0548/2001) by Mr van Dam, on behalf of the EDD Group, on foot-and-mouth disease;

Our aim is to assist the Member States to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease.

I just want to make one point in relation to this whole issue of foot-and-mouth.

There is no longer any rural tourism, even in areas which are free of FMD.

I should repeat that the foot-and-mouth disease is endemic in the developing world.

This issue has come up under the Temporary Committee on Foot-and-Mouth Disease review.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, foot-and-mouth disease is a terrible disease.

Mr President, foot-and-mouth is leaving tremendous grief and helplessness in its wake.

Animal movement in Brazil from foot-and-mouth areas is taking place every day.

What have we learned from the recent scares such as foot-and-mouth and BSE?

We must continue to pursue the eradication of FMD on an international level.

With regard to foot-and-mouth disease, similar provisions have already been put in place.

We saw this in the case of FMD and we are witnessing it again now.

A future foot and mouth outbreak must never lead to a mass slaughter of livestock.

We support you in what you are saying about the import controls and about FMD.

It certainly is high time to do so, following mad cow disease and the foot-and-mouth epidemic.

On 20 February this year, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was identified in the UK.

An example of this is the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2000.

I will start with the first heading. I am in favour of the reserve for foot-and-mouth disease.