China Issues Ban on Irish Beef After Atypical Case of BSE Confirmed
Beef exports to China from Ireland have been stopped after a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was detected in a bovine animal.
In a statement seen by Irish media outlets, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said that tests carried out at the department’s Central Veterinary Research Laboratory confirmed a case of atypical BSE on 3 November.
It is reported that the animal in question was a 10-and-a-half-year-old cow. It did not enter the food or feed chain...
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