BSE in France (7.7)

OA show ('918 '); France's Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday that after two new cases of mad cow disease were found, four cattle herds living with sick cattle had been destroyed in France The Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement that two sick cattle were born in 1993 and 1994 The two sick cattle, together with four herds of cattle they had lived with, had been slaughtered Since last month, 48000 cattle have been sampled for mad cow disease in France to learn about the health of 21 million cattle in the country Since this year, 23 cases of BSE have been found in France Since BSE was discovered in 1991, 103 cases have been found in France Mad cow disease was first found in England So far, 176000 cases of mad cow have been detected in the UK But in recent years, the number of BSE in Britain has declined while that in France has increased Although the European Commission has determined that British beef is safe, France has so far failed to comply with its decision to open its doors to British beef China feed industry information network 8hc (author:)