date:May 30, 2014
South Korea has not reported any outbreak of FMD since 2011. FMD is a viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, such as pigs, cows and sheep.
At the 82nd general meeting of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris, South Korea was declared safe of three another animal-related diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The OIE decision is the outcome of our