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| Disease restrictions to be eased | Disease restrictions to be eased |
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| Restrictions on moving livestock to markets in areas classed as being low risk for foot-and-mouth are to be eased next week, Defra said. | Restrictions on moving livestock to markets in areas classed as being low risk for foot-and-mouth are to be eased next week, Defra said. |
| Farmers will be able to move their livestock from Thursday 4 October as long as the situation does not change. | Farmers will be able to move their livestock from Thursday 4 October as long as the situation does not change. |
| Defra said the relaxation of the current restrictions would be subject to "stringent" biosecurity measures. | Defra said the relaxation of the current restrictions would be subject to "stringent" biosecurity measures. |
| Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said the move would be "of great benefit to the farming and food chain industry". | Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said the move would be "of great benefit to the farming and food chain industry". |
| Farmers have welcomed the decision. | |
| 'Staged approach' | 'Staged approach' |
| The current control measures in the foot-and-mouth low risk area are to remain in place until next Thursday. | The current control measures in the foot-and-mouth low risk area are to remain in place until next Thursday. |
| The low risk area covers the rest of the UK outside both Defra's declared foot-and-mouth risk area and areas in which bluetongue restrictions apply. | The low risk area covers the rest of the UK outside both Defra's declared foot-and-mouth risk area and areas in which bluetongue restrictions apply. |
| RESTRICTED AREAS Foot-and-mouth risk areas: Essex, Kent, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Greater LondonFMD low risk area: The rest of England, Wales and ScotlandBluetongue Temporary Areas: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, BedfordshireAdditional Bluetongue controls: Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk | RESTRICTED AREAS Foot-and-mouth risk areas: Essex, Kent, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Greater LondonFMD low risk area: The rest of England, Wales and ScotlandBluetongue Temporary Areas: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, BedfordshireAdditional Bluetongue controls: Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk |
| Mr Benn said: "We have always taken a risk-based and staged approach to movement restrictions. | Mr Benn said: "We have always taken a risk-based and staged approach to movement restrictions. |
| "The decision to announce that livestock markets will be allowed from next Thursday follows extensive discussion with stakeholders, and I know will be of great benefit to the farming and food chain industry in easing economic and welfare pressures. | "The decision to announce that livestock markets will be allowed from next Thursday follows extensive discussion with stakeholders, and I know will be of great benefit to the farming and food chain industry in easing economic and welfare pressures. |
| "It will also allow time for preparations for markets to take place and for the required biosecurity measures to be applied." | "It will also allow time for preparations for markets to take place and for the required biosecurity measures to be applied." |
| The foot-and-mouth disease temporary control zone in the Maidenhead area of Berkshire has also been lifted following negative laboratory results. | The foot-and-mouth disease temporary control zone in the Maidenhead area of Berkshire has also been lifted following negative laboratory results. |