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South Korea is seeking to regain the status of a country free of foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination, the government said Wednesday, a move partly aimed at boosting the country’s exports of pork and beef products.
The country plans to file a request with the Organization for Animal Health on Friday to regain its status as an FMD-free country with vaccination, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The animal health organization, better known by its French name Office International des Epizooties, is expected to review the request and make a final decision at its general assembly slated for May 2014, the ministry said in a press release.
FMD is a viral disease that affects all cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild pigs, cows and sheep. South Korea reported its last outbreak of the disease in 2011.
The move comes shortly after the government filed a separate request with the OIE late last month to be given the status of a nation with negligible risks for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly known as mad cow disease. (Yonhap News)
The country plans to file a request with the Organization for Animal Health on Friday to regain its status as an FMD-free country with vaccination, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The animal health organization, better known by its French name Office International des Epizooties, is expected to review the request and make a final decision at its general assembly slated for May 2014, the ministry said in a press release.
FMD is a viral disease that affects all cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild pigs, cows and sheep. South Korea reported its last outbreak of the disease in 2011.
The move comes shortly after the government filed a separate request with the OIE late last month to be given the status of a nation with negligible risks for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly known as mad cow disease. (Yonhap News)
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Articles by Korea Herald
