Jordan stops importing beef from countries with mad cow disease

A spokesman for Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday that the Jordanian government decided to stop importing beef and live cattle from the countries where BSE was found Jordan will also stop importing beef products, including butter, meat and bone meal and feed, from countries where BSE has been found, the spokesman said The Jordanian government will take strict preventive measures to prevent the introduction of BSE into Jordan He stressed that Jordan will not lift the measures as long as BSE in these countries is not completely eradicated He also said that Jordan has always been concerned about the spread of BSE In the future, only countries that have never had BSE import live cattle, beef and its products Before that, Jordan mainly imported beef from EU Member States, but because BSE often occurs in EU Member States, Jordanian consumers often balk at imported beef China feed industry information network PSW (author:)