Livestock Exhibitor Information
We feel it is important to address Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) with you. FMD is a foreign animal disease and is so classified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The fair is keeping abreast of information about the occurrence of FMD in the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands. We are following the USDA/CFIA recommended practices to insure the safety of your livestock.
According to the USDA and CFIA there are only two continents, North America and Australia, that are free of FMD. Two-thirds of the world lives with FMD in their animals on a daily basis. The recent occurrences in the United Kingdon, France, and the Netherlands have received a great deal of media coverage there as well as the US and Canada. The probability of FMD coming to the US or Canada as a result of these occurrences has increased only slightly. However, awareness of the situation may have decreased the possibility of an occurrence in the US or Canada.
Canada and the United States are both very vigilant in the prevention of the spread of FMD, thus making their common border very safe for both countries.
Both the USDA Aniaml and Plant Health Inspection Service and the CFIA have plans to contain occurrences of foreign animal diseases, including FMD. The USDA plan is called the National Emergency Response to a Highly Contagious Animal Disease and the CFIA plan is the Food and Agriculture Emergency Response System. Thes plans would be put into effect immediately upon a suspected case of FMD. These plans include varying steps depending on the severity and probability of the suspected case being FMD. State and provincial departments of agriculture have also been having meetings to educate their own employees about this response.
Education about FMD is very important.
FMD cannot be contracted by humans.
FMD in most casses will not kill livestock unless they are
young or already in a weakened state.
There is a vaccination for FMD.
Don Frenkel, C.F.E.
General Manager
LIVESTOCK OWNER’S CERTIFICATE
The undersigned certifies that, to the best of his/her/its knowledge,
as of October 20, 2011, none of the livestock shipped
to or delivered to the Pensacola Interstate Fair will be, on
such date, adulterated within the meeaning of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (i.e., none of the cattle or
other ruminants will haave been fed any feed containing protein
derived from mammalian tissues, e.g. meat and bone
meal, as that termis defined in 21 CFR 589.2000 and none of
the livestockwill have an illegal level of drug residues). This
certificate shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
in writing by the undersigned seller and such revocation is
delivered to the Pensacola Interstate Fair.
Date: ________________________________
Seller: ______________________________
By: ________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________
City, State, Zip: ______________________________
Phone Number: ______________________________