The mad cow disease crisis still exists in Germany

Introduction: since the outbreak of BSE in Germany last November, 122 cattle have been tested positive for BSE According to statistics, 14 of the 16 German states have been confirmed BSE outbreaks, a total of 65 Among them, 7 in 2000 and 58 this year The high incidence areas of BSE are Bavaria (31 cases, 48%) and Lower Saxony (10 cases, 15%) The outbreak of mad cow disease has brought great changes to the German diet According to a poll last year, to prevent mad cow disease, 48% of Germans said they no longer eat beef, 30% said they eat less beef, 46% said they eat more pork and other meat According to statistics from the Lower Saxony Department of agriculture, the consumption of beef in January was 70% lower than before the outbreak of BSE BSE also affects people engaged in cattle slaughtering, meat processing and feed production According to merenberg, chairman of the German food diet restaurant trade union, at the academic exchange meeting between the trade union and the construction industry trade union held in Berlin on the 14th, 50000 people of the trade union have been engaged in the above work, 13000 of them have lost their jobs and there is no possibility of short-term work 77u nearly a year after the outbreak of BSE in Germany, German beef production has gradually recovered Despite the outbreak, consumers have gradually regained trust in beef The consumption of beef in June was only 20% lower than that before BSE At the beginning of the year, people's fear of cattle color change gradually faded Merenberg said that the terrible scene at the beginning of the year will not happen again, but he also reminded everyone that there is no reason to lift the mad cow disease alarm, still in the crisis of mad cow disease There are still 250000 tons of unusable beef stored in refrigerators in Germany, said tarheim, Secretary of state of the Federal Ministry of agriculture Simon, director general of the federal food, agriculture and forestry information agency, warned that there is a possibility of BSE in Germany in the next five years, but that Europe is expected to eliminate BSE in ten years 77u (author:) to feed Weibo to: