The German Bundestag passed the prohibition of animal powder Act (12.2)
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Last Update: 2003-03-12
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OA show ('918 '); Germany's Bundestag passed the emergency bill banning the use of animal powder by an absolute majority on the evening of the 30th, making Germany another EU country with similar laws after Britain, France, Italy and Portugal The main contents of the bill are: it is prohibited to feed all livestock and poultry including cattle, pigs, fish and poultry for human slaughter and consumption, the violator will be fined up to 50000 marks (1 US dollar about 2.3 marks); it is prohibited to import animal powder; the Federal Ministry of health can implement a series of relevant measures according to the law The bill will be submitted to the federal Senate on December 1 for discussion and approval, and will enter into force as soon as December 2 Germany's Federal Minister of health, Ms Andrea Fischer, announced the same day that the government decided to carry out a rapid quarantine of all cattle over 30 months of age from next week, and no cattle without quarantine could be sold Last week, for the first time in Germany, a newborn calf was found to have mad cow disease, which caused a huge shock in Germany Animal powder is believed to be the main cause of BSE 7fk (author:)
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