Austria temporarily banned the import of German beef for 4 weeks (12.25)

OA show ('918 '); the Austrian government has applied to the European Union to ban the import of German beef The Austrian federal government's ministerial meeting decided to propose to the European Commission on the 19th a ban on the import of beef, live cattle, as well as cattle sperm and embryos from Germany If the EU does not reject the application within 24 hours, the Austrian government will announce the corresponding provisions European Commissioner David Bourne expressed "regret" at the unilateral decision of the Austrian government to ban the import of German beef It is reported that European Union scientists will not be able to evaluate the application of banning beef import from many countries, including Austria, until January 11 and 12 next year Therefore, even if the EU finally rejects the application of the Austrian government, the Austrian ban on beef import from Germany will take effect from 0:00 on January 21 and be temporarily implemented for four weeks Since 1990, Austria has banned the use of animal powder as feed for cattle Currently, BSE has not been found in Austria It is considered by the Scientific Steering Committee of the European Commission to be the third country in Europe that is unlikely to develop BSE except Finland and Sweden But Germany, which also banned the use of animal meal as cattle feed 10 years ago, has found BSE in Bavaria, which borders Austria Austria imports 18600 tons of beef from Germany every year, which cannot help worrying the Austrian government Austrian Prime Minister Jos é schessel hopes that this measure will not affect relations with Germany "I believe that everyone will understand that," he said Liq (author:)