Britain is at risk of mad cow disease again
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Last Update: 2002-07-10
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Lead: Singapore United Morning Post quoted London's guardian as saying that a large number of frozen chickens injected with beef protein powder in the Netherlands will be imported into the UK, which will bring another risk of mad cow disease to the UK The report said that after the chickens were injected with beef protein powder, they were able to absorb water and increase weight, which made the farmers have great profits For the past five years, fat chickens from Thailand and Brazil have been injected with beef gluten in the Netherlands before being shipped to the UK According to the guardian, the food security agency points out that frozen chickens containing beef protein powder are at risk of contracting BSE Authorities have been aware of the problem since 1997, but only recently have DNA tests been developed to find out if chickens contain beef protein meal A report by the Irish food security agency accused companies such as Raleigh in Holland (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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