The Minister of agriculture may be forced to resign on the same day
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Last Update: 2002-04-04
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: on April 2, an independent research group released a report accusing the Japanese government of mishandling the BSE crisis, causing panic It has become a new fuse for the opposition to put pressure on Japan's agriculture minister to resign "This is a very serious mistake." According to the report written by many experts through investigation In April 1996, the World Health Organization recommended that all countries prohibit the import and use of meat products containing BSE At that time, the Japanese government only adopted non compulsory administrative orders to avoid the risk of BSE Since September last year, three cases of mad cow disease have been found in a row It is the first country outside Europe to find the pathogen "The government lacks a sense of mission and crisis." "The lack of a sense of crisis also indicates the lack of a crisis prevention system for the government," the report stressed It is reported that the expert group was established in November last year, which is composed of academic and mad cow disease experts, journalists and consumer representatives After the report was released, the opposition began to prepare to launch a motion to the upper house of the Japanese parliament to force the resignation of minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Takeuchi.
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