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Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said new restrictions could protect British farmers from the threat posed by foot-and-mouth disease in mainland Europe

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

Slovakia has joined Germany and Hungary in losing its foot-and-mouth free status

Defra has placed a ban on cattle, pigs, sheep and deer from entering the UK from Hungary and Slovakia following a confirmed case of the disease last week

Hungary now joins Germany in losing its foot-and-mouth disease free status

Speaking on a panel giving evidence to the Efra Committee, Ms Wilson said she had been made aware of information that products of animal origin from Germany had been auto-cleared via Todcof in the last couple of weeks

The Prime Minister said the Government would not hesitate in taking action to stop the disease from entering the country for the first time in over 18 years

As the first case has been confirmed in Germany, Defra has issued guidance for livestock farmers

No cases of the disease have been reported in the UK so far

14 cases of BTV-3 have been detected in premises which are now outside the current restricted zone