LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union banned all British exports of fresh meat, live animals and milk products on Monday following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, dealing a further blow to farmers.
British farmers - hard hit by mad cow disease and bird flu in recent years as well as a devastating outbreak of foot and mouth in 2001 - voiced concern over the threat to their livelihoods and to the $1 billion-a-year meat export industry.
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