Germany has regained its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease in most areas of the country, opening the way for the lifting of export restrictions on meat and dairy products, Germany’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.

Germany announced the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on January 10 in a herd of water buffalo near Berlin in the Brandenburg region. The outbreak remains limited to one case, with no others reported since. The source of the case is still unknown but most domestic restrictions following the case are already lifted.