Belarus resumes cattle imports from EU

Poland’s eastern neighbor Belarus has reopened its market for EU cattle, including Polish animals, spokesman of the Veterinary and Food Inspection Department of Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture told the BelTA agency on Wednesday. In 2012 Belarus introduced an embargo on big and small cattle, e.g. cows and goats, and their genetic material from several EU countries including Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands and Poland. Belarusian officials supported their decision indicating that in those countries new Schmallenberg virus cases were detected.