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| Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased | Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased |
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| Restrictions on cattle, pig and sheep sales at livestock markets have been lifted for the first time since the Surrey foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. | Restrictions on cattle, pig and sheep sales at livestock markets have been lifted for the first time since the Surrey foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. |
| The animals can now be sold at markets across England and Wales apart from in the surveillance zone near Guildford. | The animals can now be sold at markets across England and Wales apart from in the surveillance zone near Guildford. |
| Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds said the move was a "milestone in the good progress we are making towards regaining our disease-free status". | Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds said the move was a "milestone in the good progress we are making towards regaining our disease-free status". |
| Farming leaders hope all restrictions will be lifted by 7 September. | |
| The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is due to publish a report on the Pirbright laboratory complex, which was suspected being the source of the outbreak, later in the week. | |
| An interim report by the Health and Safety Executive in August suggested there was a "strong possibility" that the outbreak came from Pirbright. | An interim report by the Health and Safety Executive in August suggested there was a "strong possibility" that the outbreak came from Pirbright. |
| The disease was detected in a herd of cattle kept by farmer Roger Pride in fields at Normandy, near Guildford, in early August. | The disease was detected in a herd of cattle kept by farmer Roger Pride in fields at Normandy, near Guildford, in early August. |
| A neighbouring herd tested positive shortly afterwards. | A neighbouring herd tested positive shortly afterwards. |