New foot and mouth investigation
Updated on 12 August 2007
A temporary control zone is in place around a farm in Kent as a precaution against foot and mouth disease, says Defra.
A spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs would not confirm whether there had been a suspected outbreak of the disease or the exact location of the farm.
"It's not unusual to put a temporary control zone in place," she said.
"We're being ultra-cautious at this point. There's a continuing need for relentless vigilance in response to foot and mouth disease."
A spokesman for the National Farmers' Union said: "There's a farm that's being investigated, similar to the farm in Dorking.
"We are looking into it and finding what we can find out."
He said he believed a 3km control zone had been put around the holding.
This is the first temporary exclusion zone to be set up outside Surrey during the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
Reporting from PA News
