Japan confirmed the first case of BSE experts said China should take strict precautions

Introduction: the first case of BSE in Asia has been officially confirmed in Japan This is the latest news from Japan's Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries yesterday morning In an interview with reporters, huotanzhong, an official of the Ministry of agriculture and water resources, said with a heavy voice: "we received the official notice from the British inspection department at two o'clock in the morning yesterday At present, the first task is to step up the tracking and confirmation of the whereabouts of the remaining 71 cows growing together with the mad cow disease." According to an interview with the Ministry of health and welfare, another department in charge of the "mad cow disease incident", Japan will inspect 100 domestic cattle aged 30 and 22 months in late October to confirm the spread of mad cow disease in Japan, and on the 20th, all cattle with suspected infection symptoms such as being unable to stand were sent out, regardless of whether they were confirmed to be infected with one Direct destruction by law " At present, the relevant departments of the Japanese government are stepping up coordination and preparing to carefully inspect the domestic live cattle of suitable age one by one to understand the spread of BSE According to statistics, the number of these cattle is about one million In response, the head of the external inspection office of the animal husbandry bureau of the Ministry of agriculture of China said that China started to prevent the influx of BSE as early as 1990, not only tightened the border inspection system, but also established a continuous BSE detection mechanism this year Reporter: what are the high-risk channels of BSE transmission? Zhao Xianling, director of border inspection department of Animal Husbandry Bureau, Ministry of agriculture, and Shi Xialing, deputy director of Dynamic Inspection Department of Beijing entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau: the transmission channel and mechanism of BSE are currently under research in the academic community According to the research results, there are two main high-risk channels for the introduction of BSE One is the food chain, which mainly refers to some countries that feed livestock with animal feed Animal feed is to process the internal organs and wastes of animals into feed, such as meat and bone meal Second, it was introduced directly from the border Reporter: Japan is the first country in Asia to find BSE, and it is also a neighboring country of China Will BSE spread to China? A: the possibility of the introduction of BSE into China is very small The spread of BSE is closely related to the feed structure of animal husbandry and the trade between the two countries First of all, most of the feedstuffs used in our country are plants Even if animal feedstuffs are used, most of them are fish bone meal, not meat bone meal which can lead to BSE Secondly, due to price and other reasons, there are very few live animals and meat products imported from Japan Most of these imported products in the market come from Australia, New Zealand and other countries Moreover, as early as 1990, China introduced an advanced and strict border inspection and quarantine method to ban the import of countries with epidemic situation According to Article 7 of Announcement No 143 jointly issued by the Ministry of agriculture and the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China, in the future, all countries suffering from BSE will automatically enter the list According to the announcement, China has banned the import of Japanese beef According to the "risk assessment report of BSE" launched this year, the possibility of BSE in China is very small But we can't completely relax our vigilance The incubation period of BSE is quite long, 5 years at least, and 10 years at most It may have spread for a long time when we found the symptoms In recent years, European countries have found BSE one after another Recently, Japan in Asia has also found suspected symptoms of BSE No one can predict which country the next case of BSE will appear Reporter: at present, in view of the epidemic situation in Japan, what are the corresponding countermeasures of the relevant departments in China? A: China is actively trying to establish a national monitoring system to monitor 31 provinces and cities The actual work has begun The tests we carried out have been started last year, and have been fully implemented this year, and will continue to be monitored in the future According to the international recommended sampling scale, the annual monitoring quantity can reach about 2000 Reporter: what is the impact of mad cow disease and measures to prevent it (such as killing a large number of livestock) on the economy of the country concerned? A: for the countries concerned, BSE will directly affect their national consumption For example, there are already some people in Japan who don't eat beef or drink milk Government departments also need to test and quarantine millions of cattle, which will cost huge human and financial resources In addition to the direct economic losses, people will have a crisis of trust in their own cattle products, which is quite difficult to recover, and also the deep reason for the continuous impact on the losses of the countries concerned Moreover, once BSE occurs, many countries in the world have to take measures to restrict the import of livestock products from the countries concerned, which is a great loss to the trade of the countries concerned Reporter: what is the effect of mad cow disease in Japan on China's animal husbandry, especially beef export? A: Japan is a potential market for China's beef export However, due to various exchanges with Japan in production, processing, health and quarantine, China's beef export to Japan will not increase rapidly (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: