The European Union says at least 1.5 million cattle will be slaughtered for possible mad cow disease

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[the European Union says to slaughter at least 1.5 million cattle on hand who may have mad cow disease] the European Union says to slaughter at least 1.5 million cattle on hand who may have mad cow disease (2001.01.31 11:02:36) Berlin, January 30 (reporter Liu Gang) Franz Fischler, member of the European Commission in charge of agricultural affairs, said on January 30 that in the face of the growing crisis of mad cow disease, the European Union is ready to take tough measures to slaughter a large number of all the cattle on hand that may suffer from mad cow disease, and it is estimated that at least 1.5 million cattle will be slaughtered in the whole EU Fischer pointed out in a news review program on German TV that day that the crisis of mad cow disease has seriously shaken the confidence of consumers, and the consumption of beef has declined sharply He stressed that even if the EU's beef consumption is reduced by 10%, the EU will face the problem of no place to store beef for sale As a result, the EU has no choice but to slaughter and destroy suspicious cattle in large quantities to restore consumers' sense of market trust According to German radio reported on the 30th, German agriculture minister qunast also believes that there is almost no other way to restore market confidence except to buy and kill cattle in large quantities She acknowledged that Germany was under more pressure than the rest of the European Union on this issue, and that the BSE crisis had reduced its beef prices and consumption by 60 per cent Previously, the German government has formulated a plan to kill 400000 cattle, but due to the opposition of farmers, the plan has not been fully implemented So far, 24 cattle in Germany have been officially confirmed to have mad cow disease, half of which are concentrated in Bavaria and bafu in the south In addition, mad cow cases are also found in the north, East and west of Germany (end) China feed industry information network HBD (author:)