MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Uruguay bans Peruvian wool because of FAM.

Uruguay banned the import of wool from Peru, where last week an outbreak of foot and mouth, FAM, disease was reported.

Uruguayan Customs and Migration authorities have also undertaken strict control measures in ports and airports for passengers arriving from the South American Pacific.

However no decisions were taken regarding the FAM outbreak reported in a remote farm in north Brazil, 5,000 miles north of Uruguay.

Uruguay has been licenced as free of FAM with vaccination by the International Epizooties Organization in Paris.

The last time Uruguay suffered an outbreak of FAM was in 2000 when a massive vaccination campaign was decided. Since then no further cases have been reported in Uruguay.