Disease control: Control of fresh meat during an outbreak of exotic disease
Diseases covered
The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008 makes provisions on how fresh meat will be controlled during an outbreak of the following diseases:
- African Swine Fever;
- Classical Swine Fever (CSF);
- Newcastle Disease;
- Peste des Petit Ruminants (Sheep and Goat Plague);
- Rinderpest;
- Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD).
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD); and Avian Influenza (AI) are covered by separate legislation which has slightly different requirements in some areas, although the principles are the same. Where there are similarities the same procedures will apply across all these diseases. Further information will be published in due course.
Page last modified:
April 4, 2008