To reduce the risk of BSE, the Italian open beef database

Lead: Italy on Tuesday released a national beef cattle online database aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of mad cow disease, according to local officials According to the Ministry of health and the Ministry of agriculture, according to the requirements of the European Union, the registration information system has registered the identity of all domestic beef cattle, and tracked their whole process from the origin to the final consumer, in order to follow strict labeling rules and ensure food safety "If this database had been in operation a few years ago, there would have been no BSE emergency," agriculture minister Giovanni Alemanno told reporters "According to the Ministry of health, there have been 68 cases of BSE in Italian cattle so far Coldiretti, Italy's largest farmer association, said on Tuesday that the mad cow disease crisis has shaken consumers' confidence in beef consumption, and the open beef database system is a crucial measure to eliminate this phenomenon Paolo bedoni, President of the association, said, "this system provides a means to build mutual trust between cattle farmers and consumers "According to Coldiretti, Italian beef production totaled 874200 tons in 2001, down 0.6% from 2000 Beef imports were 550000 tons, down 15.1% year on year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: