Mad cow disease risk found in beef in France

Lead: authorities said Friday that some slaughterhouses in France failed to remove some dangerous parts of cattle, which were banned from being preserved due to the risk of spreading mad cow disease Just a few days ago, the French government refused to lift the trade ban on British beef for fear of mad cow disease, which has been ruled illegal by the European Court of justice French veterinary authorities have found that 10% of beef carcasses that are about to enter the food chain contain the banned substance spinal cord French food safety agency afssa detailed the results of a survey conducted last year In order to protect consumers from the human version of mad cow disease (vccd), the European Union has banned the presence of spinal cord and other substances in beef since 1996 Authorities said that 2% of the carcasses carried spinal cord residues up to 20 cm long, but they also stressed that the investigation was conducted last year, when France had not yet implemented a law requiring slaughterhouses to replace the manual segmentation of beef cattle with vacuum pumps Authorities also said that 32 slaughterhouses were found to have a large number of other SRM (special hazardous substances) residues last year, such as the tonsils and thymus of cattle To this end, the British side has had a lot of repercussions The National Farmers Union (NFU) said the findings were "surprising." In response, they also released news that France is about to face EU penalties for banning British beef "The arrogant French authorities have banned British beef for good reason, but at the same time they can't guarantee the safety of their own beef It's just amazing! " Ben gill, chairman of the NFU, said Friday (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: