New rules on prevention of mad cow disease issued by the United States
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Last Update: 2001-08-20
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Lead: the United States is asking importers of animal feed such as pet food, lard and fish meal to provide evidence that the country of origin of the feed is free of BSE and human form of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a US official said Thursday In order to strengthen the U.S border protection against European mad cow disease, the U.S Department of agriculture is considering whether to apply the new rules to all beef, sheep and goat meat imports Under the new rules, U.S importers must indicate the source of their animal feed, the processing process and which livestock they are related to The animal feed here includes processing protein, fat and grease, flour, coarse powder, fish feed, pet food, etc Items such as cosmetics, soap and candles that are not in contact with livestock or used as animal feed will continue to be imported without restriction The new rules come into force immediately and are expected to be valid for at least three years (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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