If introduced in the US, an FMD outbreak would be quickly stamped out.

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Foot-and-mouth disease is an extremely contagious viral illness of cloven-hoofed animals. If it were introduced in the United States, the virus could spread rapidly through herds via direct contact, contaminated equipment and vehicles, and windborne aerosols, making quick containment difficult. Controlling an outbreak would require large-scale movement restrictions, rapid tracing of contacts, extensive culling and disposal of infected and at-risk herds, and thorough cleaning and disinfection—logistically enormous tasks across a vast and diverse livestock industry. Vaccination could play a role in some strategies, but in the US it adds complexity for trade and requires matching diagnostic tests to distinguish infected from vaccinated animals, which slows things down. Taken together, stamping out a new FMD outbreak quickly is unlikely, so the statement is not correct.