Skip to content Try Ads-Free Fark It's Not News, It's Fark How To FarkLog In | Sign Up » Forgot password? Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Discussion Entertainment UK banning EU cheese and meat to stop foot and mouth disease from spreading. Of course in the US, it's called 'soccer and mouth disease' (bbc.com) More: Sick, Government, Animal, Germany, Europe, United Kingdom, Cheese, Dairy, Milk 287 clicks;posted toMain »and STEM »on 17 Apr 2025 at 10:20 AM(1 hour ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link 15 Comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest (2) Funniest 43 minutes ago FMD is a highly infectious virus that causes blisters inside an animal's mouth and under their hooves, and can cause lameness and problems feeding. It causes no risk to humans and there are currently no cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK. Seems to me, then, that the sensible solution would be to not feed the animals any meats or cheeses. deniable_increlidibity (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Is this a step towards allowing chlorinated chicken? It doesn't seem a huge issue at the moment? I am no expert however. Aardvark Inc. (1) Funniest 34 minutes ago In before the stampeding herd of knee-jerk reactionary commentators: it's a ban for items carried by holidaymakers, not a total ban on all imports. \I read the article, Ray oldfarthenry (2) Funniest 31 minutes ago The look of cheese constipation due to a lack of the fatty benefits of processed meat. (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Oliver Twisted (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago (2) Funniest 32 minutes ago Aardvark Inc.: In before the stampeding herd of knee-jerk reactionary commentators: it's a ban for items carried by holidaymakers, not a total ban on all imports. \I read the article, Ray Basically a ban on people who generally won't be bothered to do proper checks. Which makes sense. (0) Funniest 33 minutes ago Have you in fact got any cheese here at all? (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Aardvark Inc.: In before the stampeding herd of knee-jerk reactionary commentators: it's a ban for items carried by holidaymakers, not a total ban on all imports. \I read the article, Ray Items carried home by British holidaymakers. I shudder to think. (1) Funniest 33 minutes ago well as we're effectively not doing checks since brexit as it would wreck the food supply with all the queues just how the farking hell is this going to work.! deniable_increlidibity (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Zenith: well as we're effectively not doing checks since brexit as it would wreck the food supply with all the queues just how the farking hell is this going to work.! So why are they doing this? FMD doesn't seem like a huge issue in the EU at the moment, It seems well under control I would say? Why would they plan on so much extra work? (0) Funniest less than a minute ago MBooda: Aardvark Inc.: In before the stampeding herd of knee-jerk reactionary commentators: it's a ban for items carried by holidaymakers, not a total ban on all imports. \I read the article, Ray Items carried home by British holidaymakers. I shudder to think. [Fark user image image 284x178] Bubble guns are banned in the UK? (0) Funniest less than a minute ago (0) Funniest less than a minute ago deniable_increlidibity: Zenith: well as we're effectively not doing checks since brexit as it would wreck the food supply with all the queues just how the farking hell is this going to work.! So why are they doing this? FMD doesn't seem like a huge issue in the EU at the moment, It seems well under control I would say? Why would they plan on so much extra work? They probably made changes to the laws or standards they inherited from the EU, so the EU and UK standards have now diverged (0) Funniest less than a minute ago That's just a guess, I've no idea really Displayed 15 of 15 comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. 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