Import restrictions in place due to FMD identified in Cyprus

An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has been detected in Cyprus, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

As a result, the CFIA implemented import restrictions on commodities from Cyprus "to safeguard the health of Canada’s livestock and mitigate the economic impact of a potential FMD outbreak in Canada."
 
The Agency provided the following list of species susceptible to FMD:

• Suidae (pigs, wild boar) 
• Bovinae (cattle, bison, water buffalo)
•  Caprinae (sheep, goats)
•  Camelidae (llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos, and Bactrian camels)
•  Antilopinae (antelopes, gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags)
•  Cervidae (deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer)
•  Any cloven-hooved (two-toed) animals not listed above
•  Insectivores (tenrecs, hedgehogs, shrews, moles)