The safety of Japanese beef is still under threat

Introduction: according to Asahi Shimbun, under the influence of mad cow disease found in Japan, consumers began to have a great fear of the safety of beef Although many organizations in Japan, including the government, are engaged in a series of food safety assurance work from breeding to import, there are still many problems not solved More recently, it has been found that a large part of the cattle that died of illness or injury before meat processing in Japan were used to make meat and bone meal for livestock feed, and the brain and bone marrow of the most dangerous part of BSE were not removed in advance From October, when Japan began to conduct a comprehensive examination on whether the cattle were infected with BSE, it was unexpectedly learned that there are about 160000 dead cattle in Japan every year, most of which have not been examined for the cause of disease It is this part of the cattle that may have been infected with BSE Cattle fixed for meat eating must be examined for BSE as a whole from October 18 A total of about 60000 cattle are waiting for a final decision on whether they can be eaten at Japan's national meat inspection center Before these cattle are transported to the food processing plant, those who die of illness or trauma are suspected to have mad cow disease and central nervous system disease before death will be the focus of the examination In addition to these checks, Japan's Ministry of agriculture and forestry has recently made plans to conduct spot checks on about 4500 cattle a year who died more than 24 months after birth Together, the number of cattle examined for BSE is about 10000 a year According to the survey of cattle farmers and producers of meat and bone meal, most of the cattle died of the above reasons were taken away by the producers of meat and bone meal and used as raw materials for the production of meat and bone meal It is said that the most important part of brain and bone marrow that may be infected with BSE have not been removed, but they have been processed together It was only after the Ministry of health and Health issued a warning in September that dangerous parts such as the brain and bone marrow were removed and burned Just to ensure the food safety of Japanese consumers, Japan has banned the reuse of beef bone meal for feed and fertilizer since September, but only for combustion and cement production, not for food business in the business field According to his research work for many years, Professor Ono of Tokyo University, Japan, concluded that in Europe and France, where BSE occurs, there is a certain status quo in terms of the probability of BSE infection compared with the consumption of cattle Those cattle that have died and are used for other purposes have a higher probability of BSE infection Although Japan has not yet been able to test all dead cattle for BSE, the ideal goal is to do so better Japan is worried about the safety of its own cattle It can only seek more safe imported beef to meet the needs of domestic consumers.