Czech and Slovak beef trade war

Introduction: following the decision of the Czech veterinary authority to suspend the import of live cattle, beef and related products from Slovakia, the Slovak veterinary authority decided on the 4th to take corresponding measures to ban the import of the above products from the Czech Republic from the 5th Czech Ministry of agriculture spokesman said Wednesday that in view of the recent frequent cases of BSE in Slovakia, and the number of BSE cases has been close to the EU member countries, it has decided to suspend the import of these products from the 4th Slovakia and the Czech Republic are both countries with high incidence of BSE, so it is necessary to take corresponding measures, the SVA said in a statement Thursday The restrictions on the import of various cattle products do not include embryos, milk, blood, cow hide and cattle hooves According to the Ministry of agriculture, the Czech restriction measures are actually based on the need to protect its own economic interests According to statistics, in the first quarter of this year, Czech beef imports from Slovakia increased significantly, reaching 1046 tons, while 2400 live cattle were imported Since the first case of mad cow was confirmed in Slovakia last October, 9 cases have been found so far In the one month period from the end of February to the end of March this year, four cases of mad cow have been found in succession The Czech Republic is the first country in central and Eastern Europe to find cases of mad cow, but so far only two cases SVA also decided on the same day to impose stricter restrictions on pork and poultry imports from the Czech Republic from the 5th Some of the feed for pigs and poultry in the Czech Republic contains antibiotics and hormones, and some of the feed is even made from meat and bone meal of dead animals, according to Sri Lanka (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: