Parliament sets up special committee on foot-and-mouth
At the European Parliament plenary session on 16 January 2002, MEPs will set up a temporary committee to examine the recent foot-and-mouth epidemic and review EU policy on animal diseases. The announcement comes a few days after Britain was officially declared "foot-and-mouth free", 11 months after the first outbreak of the epidemic which caused four million animals to be slaughtered.
At the European Parliament plenary session on 16 January 2002, MEPs will set up a temporary committee to examine the recent foot-and-mouth epidemic and review EU policy on animal diseases. The announcement comes a few days after Britain was officially declared „foot-and-mouth free“, 11 months after the first outbreak of the epidemic which caused four million animals to be slaughtered.
