Hong Kong announced a ban on the import of Japanese beef to avoid mad cow disease
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Last Update: 2001-09-21
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Introduction: the food and Environmental Health Department of the Hong Kong SAR government yesterday banned the import of Japanese beef to ensure food safety and public health A spokesman for fehd said that since the first case of BSE in Japan was discovered last week, fehd had requested the Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong to contact the relevant Japanese departments for further information, including whether the use of meat and bone meal to feed cattle was prohibited, and relevant control measures to prevent BSE were taken, but the required information had not been obtained so far, so the import of Japanese beef was prohibited It is reported that the Hong Kong food and environmental health department has implemented additional control measures on imported Japanese beef since September 11 It is alleged that these additional import control measures were implemented in accordance with the recommendations of OIE and the World Health Organization (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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