Two senior Japanese officials will resign due to improper measures to deal with mad cow disease

Introduction: Japan's minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Takeuchi, announced on December 25 that two senior officials of the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries will soon resign because of improper measures in dealing with Japanese mad cow disease and public opposition According to the associated press, Wu said Xiong Ze, Deputy Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and Wu Jianchang, head of livestock industry of the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, will resign in early January next year He also said it was part of a restructuring of the government The emergence of BSE in Japan has led to a sharp decline in the beef market, while the public has complained about the government's response Xiong Ze Xiuming, Deputy Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, was the first target to be attacked because he failed to take timely measures However, the Department of livestock industry of the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries was severely criticized for improper measures in dealing with a sick cow, which made the cow used as feed after incineration and expanded the scope of mad cow disease infection Japan found its first case of BSE in September this year, becoming the first country in Asia to find BSE Since then, mad cow disease has been found elsewhere At present, 4 cases of BSE have been found in Japan Japanese authorities have yet to identify the source of BSE, but the three previously found cows were fed additives made from animal fat imported from the Netherlands The Japanese government has yet to find out when the animal fat was imported into Japan.