A Commission Decision to extend the bluetongue restriction zone in Germany, due to further outbreaks of the disease, was backed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday. The latest outbreaks have occurred in North-Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, and in Denekamp in the Netherlands close to the border with Germany.
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- 9 November 2006
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- Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety