纳米比亚牛肉的最大市场——欧盟宣布，在口蹄疫爆发后暂停进口。该疾病曾在25年前在欧洲造成严重破坏。
The largest market for Namibian beef, the European Union, announced it has suspended imports after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which wreaked havoc in Europe 25 years ago. Namibia announced last month its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth (FMD) in its primary commercial livestock zone in 60 years, prompting a nationwide ban on livestock movement and meat exports.
纳米比亚上月宣布，其60年来首次在主要商业牲畜区爆发口蹄疫，这促使该国实施了全国性的牲畜移动禁令和肉类出口禁令。
"The EU has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into its territory of fresh meat of cattle, sheep and goats...," the EU delegation announced.
欧盟代表团宣布：“欧盟决定暂时暂停牛、羊和山羊鲜肉进入其领土……”声明称，暂停措施包括来自相关养殖和野生蹄类动物的肉类以及某些加工肉制品。
The suspension included meat from relevant farmed and wild hooved animals, and certain processed meat products, it said in a statement.
声明指出，经过“最严格的风险缓解处理”的加工肉类仍符合入境条件。欧盟是纳米比亚最大的牛肉市场，占其牛肉出口量的80%以上。
Processed meat that had undergone "the most severe risk-mitigating treatment" remained eligible for entry, it said. The EU is Namibia's largest beef market, accounting for more than 80 percent of beef exports.
欧盟大使安娜·贝阿特丽斯·马丁斯在接受纳米比亚NMH媒体采访时表示，每年约有1000万公斤纳米比亚牛肉出口到欧洲。
Around 10 million kilogrammes of Namibian beef went to Europe annually, EU ambassador Ana Beatriz Martins said in an interview with Namibia's NMH media.
她表示，涉及对欧出口的4万个直接就业岗位中，有四分之一将受到此次暂停措施的影响。
A quarter of 40,000 direct jobs involved in exports to Europe would be affected by the suspension, she said.
代表团声明称，在2001年欧盟上一次重大口蹄疫爆发期间，超过600万只动物被扑杀。
During the last major FMD outbreak in the EU in 2001, more than six million animals had to be culled, the delegation's statement said.
口蹄疫会导致发烧，并在蹄部附近和口腔内形成水泡，使动物无法进食，有时甚至导致死亡。
FMD causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding and sometimes leads to death.
该疾病已波及包括博茨瓦纳、埃斯瓦蒂尼、莱索托、莫桑比克、南非、赞比亚和津巴布韦在内的多个南部非洲国家。
EU suspends Brazilian meat imports over antibiotic concerns The disease has struck several southern African countries, including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
官员表示，自9月22日宣布纳米比亚南部爆发疫情以来，疫情已蔓延至11个农场。
Since the outbreak in southern Namibia was declared on 22 September, it had spread to 11 farms, officials said.
农业部门发言人罗密欧·穆永达告诉法新社，政府的疾病控制应对措施包括加强监测、追踪和检测、移动管制、兽医路障以及生物安全措施。
The government's disease-control response included intensified surveillance, tracing and testing, movement controls, veterinary roadblocks and biosecurity measures, agriculture ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda told AFP.