Burgenland Demands Border Controls Due to Foot-and-Mouth Disease

In Burgenland, four municipalities in the Neusiedl am See district are within the surveillance zone following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Hungary. An observation zone, where random samples are taken, extends over the districts of Neusiedl, Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Mattersburg, and Oberpullendorf, as well as the city of Eisenstadt.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Burgenland Calls for Border Controls Following Import Bans

The import of animals and fresh meat from Slovakia and Hungary has been banned since Thursday. For Haider-Wallner, this measure is "overdue": "The federal government must finally introduce border controls to effectively enforce the bans," she demanded, aligning herself with her Lower Austrian counterpart Stephan Pernkopf (ÖVP). "We urgently need border controls to prevent the import of animals or meat. It is completely incomprehensible that the Ministry of the Interior is hesitating here," criticized Haider-Wallner. In the Neusiedl am See district, the Ministry of Health declared the four municipalities of Deutsch Jahrndorf, Mönchhof, Nickelsdorf, and Halbturn as a surveillance zone. In this zone, all businesses are inspected by veterinary authorities, and the cloven-hoofed animals kept there are sampled, according to a press release. There are currently no cases in Austria.

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