Since the infections re-emerged in Europe several years ago, the trend has been a steady increase, impacting an increasing number of countries.

Although there are occasional decreases in the number of infections and areas are regularly declared free of infection, focus on infection protection remains essential to maintain a high level of biosecurity.

This means that following new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and African Swine Fever, the DANISH Transport Standard’s Zone map has been updated.

The DANISH Transport Standard summarises the requirements for cleaning and disinfection of vehicles arriving with cloven-footed animals from outside Denmark. It aims to prevent the introduction and outbreak of diseases, including foot and mouth disease and African Swine Fever in Denmark.

The zone map is divided into colours that indicate risk areas. Vehicles arriving from risk areas may be subject to additional cleaning and disinfection requirements. Enhanced preparedness means, for example, that vehicles that have been in a high-risk area within the past seven days must undergo a seven-day quarantine if they want to load directly from a herd. 

The zone map has been updated so that the black area in Austria has been expanded westwards and the entire Czech Republic has been changed to black. In Germany, red buffer zones have been introduced at the borders with Turkey and Austria.

The change was implemented on 31 March 2025 and applies retroactively for seven days.