Japan increases efforts to deal with BSE
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Last Update: 2001-09-24
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Introduction: an official from Japan's Ministry of health and welfare announced Tuesday that Japan will carry out a wider range of tests for BSE The official said that in addition to the examination of cattle suffering from mental illness, the examination should also be carried out on cattle with symptoms such as fever, dyspnea and reduced milk production In addition, the government announced on the 19th that it would kill about 1 million cattle and carry out the examination of mad cow disease, with a loss of about 3 billion yen (about 25 million US dollars) It is reported that the government will inspect cattle over 30 months old according to EU standards, so the government requires farmers not to sell these calves BSE, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is closely related to dementia of human brain Since the 1980s, about 100 Britons have died of BSE It is reported that the first case of BSE was found in Japan on October 10, which is also the first in Asia At present, many countries in the world have taken a series of measures to restrict the import of Japanese cattle products.
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