The discovery of BSE in Japan has brought great panic to Japanese people

Introduction: almost at the same time that the "9 / 11" terrorist incident in the United States attracted the attention of the whole world, the news that Japan found mad cow disease brought extreme panic to Japanese people like a heavy pound bomb For more than a month, the Japanese talked about the color change of cattle, and kept away from the beef, which made people in the beef business suffer a lot The Japanese government has done everything in its power to save money, but the mad cow disease still hasn't subsided On September 10, the Japanese government received a report that a farmer's beef cattle in Chiba County found neurological symptoms and was suspected of BSE The Japanese government sent the samples to the experienced UK for reexamination, which confirmed that this was the first case of BSE in Asia The news came out and shocked all Japan One wave is not flat and another is rising On October 11, there was another suspicion of mad cow disease beef in Tokyo wholesale market After several inspections, the suspicion was ruled out, but the Japanese beef market completely collapsed The government decided to quarantine all the beef on the market head by head, and stop all market wholesale before supporting the equipment On October 18, the quarantine offices set up in 117 slaughterhouses of raw cattle in Japan began to operate in an all-round way The government stipulated that qualified beef can enter the market only after being stamped If any problem is found in the quarantine, it will be announced to the public after being checked and confirmed by experts During this period, all suspicious beef will be sealed On the same day, Japan's minister of health, labor and welfare issued a "safety declaration" He said that Japan is the most strict country in the world in terms of food quarantine, to ensure that dangerous beef will not flow to the society, and hoped that people could eat meat at ease and sell meat boldly But on the first day of quarantine, suspicious cases were found in Tokyo, Kobe, Hokkaido and other places Although the danger was eliminated through two inspections, the farce still made people uneasy In the coming days, all walks of life in Japan have said that there is absolutely no problem with the beef and beef products sold in China, but the doubts and anxieties in the hearts of consumers are lingering A large number of worried consumers began to choose pork and chicken food, resulting in the consumption and price of beef products plummeting in the Japanese market The market price of farmers has fallen to half of the daily price, and the retail price has also fallen to 60% of the daily price Some farmers, who are crying, simply stop raising cattle Japanese restaurants such as barbecue and McDonald's were forced to cut prices Even so, some restaurants are forced to close because they can't make ends meet According to a poll published by Asahi Shimbun, a quarter of Japanese have stopped eating beef, and 82% think the government's handling of the mad cow crisis is questionable On Tuesday, Kyodo News Agency investigated 100 housewives across the country about mad cow disease 74 housewives said: "after the mad cow disease, they controlled their eating of beef." 63 of them said that despite the country's security declaration, they still "didn't mean to eat beef." In many parts of Japan, public primary and secondary schools, nurseries and schools for disabled children have stopped providing beef meals to students South Korea and Taiwan have also issued statements banning the import of beef, mutton and related products from Japan In order to restore the trust of the people, the Japanese government tried its best First of all, it announced that the circulation of meat and bone meal feed would be stopped, which would be uniformly destroyed by the government after acquisition Second, it would purchase and dispose all the cattle of the thousand leaf farmers who were infected with mad cow disease, and would track and investigate the cattle of a certain pasture in Hokkaido, the source of the goods Politicians began to take the lead in eating beef, and hundreds of congressmen held "steak luncheon" In particular, the Minister of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of health, labor and welfare have to eat beef in front of the television camera in every inspection, which has become a beef salesman However, since the discovery of the first case of BSE, the Japanese government has been under strong criticism from domestic and foreign public opinion The Japanese government has been accused of being secretive when it first discovered BSE, and of being slow to avoid the spread of the disease, which has finally put itself and its neighboring countries in a passive position So far, the Japanese government has spent a lot of money to deal with BSE Tokyo and other local governments have also provided low interest loans to farmers Although the beef circulation market has resumed its overall operation, its sales volume has been poor In addition, 13000 tons of unsealed beef stored in cold storage has become a burden for the government What's worse, just a few days ago, another cow in Tokyo was tested for mad cow disease, and the preliminary test results were positive The cow is currently undergoing a second test to confirm the test results It seems that the recent Japanese beef market is far from the real "bull market".