INDIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES AGGRESSIVE ANTI-FMD AND BRUCELLOSIS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

AN INDIAN government’s Indian Rupees INR133.43 billion (USD1.9 billion) initiative to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from the country will increase meat exports from the country, say experts. “It will definitely help opening up meat markets especially China, which is the biggest,” Priya Sud, a partner at buffalo meat exporting firm Al Noor Exports, in New Delhi, told GlobalMeatNews. Her comments follow the May 31 decision by Indian government cabinet clearing the allocation of funds to fully control FMD and brucellosis over the next five years and ...


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