Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says it has not certified fish meal from Chile and Peru

Introduction: World Fisheries network, Chile, April 4 News: in early March, the world fisheries network once reported that Cristian Galla, President of Chile's National Fisheries Association, said that the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has certified the quality of fish meal exported from Peru and Chile Gallas also said it would help the two countries complete a report the World Trade Organization asked to complete, which aims to require the EU to lift the ban on fish meal But FAO recently told the world fisheries network that this is not the case Dr rush ABA of FAO said that FAO does not certify food or feed, and has never certified fish meal in any country FAO held its 24th Meeting in Rome from February 26 to March 2, 2001 At the meeting, FAO Fisheries Committee asked FAO Fisheries Department to supervise the safety and trade of fish meal, and reported to the Subcommittee on fisheries trade in Bremen from February 12 to 16, 2002 The report reads as follows: "paragraph 43: there is no epidemiological evidence that BSE has been transmitted to ruminants or other animals through fish meal, or that fish or fish products have been used as vectors for the transmission of Jakob's disease (human version of BSE) to humans." Participants asked FAO to continue to follow up the development of this situation and report to members regularly "Paragraph 44: several representatives from exporting countries reiterated their concerns about the EU ban on the use of fish meal in ruminant feed The representative also stressed that the ban caused economic losses in the country " "Paragraph 45: the European Commission has reiterated its position that the ban is temporary, mainly because fish meal may be mixed with meat and bone meal of other mammals At present, the EU proposes that the preconditions for lifting the ban on fish meal include: 1) legislation of the regulations proposed by the European Parliament to regulate the animal by-products not consumed by human beings 2) Research effective methods can test whether there is meat and bone meal in ruminant feed when it contains fish meal " "Paragraph 46: the representative of the United States noted the importance of testing Salmonella in fish meal and asked the FAO to investigate." Ruiz Gamboa, an official of FAO, told the world fisheries network that the above is the meeting minutes of FAO, which may be used by Mr Gallas to certify that fish meal from Peru and Chile will not cause mad cow disease.