National spot check plan for BSE implemented by law (6.11)

The French government has decided to allocate 271 million francs to carry out spot checks on BSE in all provinces of the country from now on, the French Ministry of agriculture and Fisheries announced Tuesday France is the second country to implement such a plan after Switzerland It is reported that the main purpose of the spot check is to understand the specific incidence of mad cow disease, to determine the actual incidence rate of mad cow disease in France, and to improve the prevention and control measures against mad cow disease, so as to curb the rising trend of the incidence rate of mad cow disease in France The spot check focuses on 12 provinces in western France, which account for 2 / 3 of the total number of cattle in the country, and the most cases of mad cattle were found At present, the total number of French cattle on hand is 21 million, and the spot check will involve 48000 cattle over two years old In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the national research program, the French food safety and health administration has set up a scientific tracking committee composed of eight experts The committee will be responsible for coordinating the whole research process and the results of statistical sampling, and plans to submit a formal research report by the end of the year Since the first case of BSE occurred in France in 1991, 98 cases of BSE have been found in France, and 18 cases have been found this year Although France has banned the use of animal bone meal to feed ruminant animals and has discovered mad cow disease, strict measures have been taken to slaughter and burn all cattle in the sick cattle and their cattle, but the incidence rate of mad cow disease in France is still rising (Xinhua News Agency) China feed industry information network ra9 (author:)