British agriculture minister confirmed that "foot and mouth disease in Britain comes from Chinese restaurants" is a rumor

OA show ('918 '); [British agriculture minister confirmed that "foot-and-mouth disease comes from Chinese restaurants" is a rumor] Nick brown, British Minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, said in a statement on the 15th that the evidence obtained by the government showed that the statement that "foot-and-mouth disease comes from Chinese restaurants" is untrue, and he criticized the untrue reports of British media as acts of racial discrimination He said that it is absolutely unfair to use the Chinese community as a scapegoat He is willing to work with the government and the Chinese community to fight against racial discrimination On March 27, British newspapers and television reported that a Chinese restaurant in the northeast of England "illegally imported" meat products with foot-and-mouth disease virus, and the restaurant's food waste was used to feed livestock in the region's farms, foot-and-mouth disease may start to spread These false reports in the British media have seriously damaged the image of the Chinese community and Chinese restaurants At present, there are about 12000 Chinese takeout restaurants and 3000 Chinese restaurants in the UK, and the business of many Chinese restaurants and takeout shops has declined by 30% to 40% due to these false reports Some Chinese restaurants have even been maliciously harassed The Chinese community is concerned that these reports may trigger attacks To this end, the British Overseas Chinese have set up a British temporary action committee to safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese On April 8, more than 800 representatives from more than 160 Chinese communities across the UK held a large-scale protest in London, denouncing the irresponsible reports, asking the British government to find out the sources of the untruthful reports in the media and punish the responsible persons in accordance with British laws On the day of the protest, Brown said the government would investigate the media sources China feed industry information network RBP (author:)