South Korea set up a special committee for the prevention of mad cow disease

OA show ('918 '); [South Korea establishes special committee for the prevention of BSE] the South Korean government decided to establish a special committee for the prevention of BSE on June 6 to prevent the outbreak of BSE in South Korea The special committee for the prevention of BSE is composed of senior officials and experts from the Ministry of agriculture and forestry, the Ministry of environmental protection, the food and Drug Administration and the rural development agency of South Korea A 30-year-old South Korean may be infected with a diseased variant of mad cow, the South Korean Health Bureau said on January 30 The news caused panic in South Korea, where sales of beef imported from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand plummeted by 50% and sales of domestic beef by 30% According to the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of South Korea, a total of 315 cattle in South Korea have eaten feeds containing ingredients such as beef offal and bone meal, 247 of which have been slaughtered and sold The Ministry of agriculture and forestry is conducting a thorough examination of cattle fed a diet containing ingredients such as beef offal and bone meal to determine whether they are infected with BSE For five years, South Korea has tested 600 cattle a year, but never found BSE, the Ministry said Since the discovery of BSE in Europe, South Korea has banned the import of beef and feeds containing beef offal and bone meal from European countries China feed industry information network H2B (author:)