Pakistan forbids the import of livestock from the outbreak area of mad cow disease
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Last Update: 2001-07-31
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce has recently issued a ban on the import of livestock and meat products from 11 countries and regions listed by the World Trade Organization in the BSE outbreak area It is reported that the 11 countries are the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the Malvinas Islands, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain The prohibited commodities include live cattle, sheep and their meat products, bone products and oils Pakistan is currently applying to the WTO for the "national status of free from BSE" in order to export livestock and its products and increase the variety of foreign exchange earning According to the relevant provisions of WTO, the applicant country must first prohibit the import of related commodities from the countries and regions affected by BSE.
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