South Korean mad cow disease outbreak in Canada, government suspends import quarantine

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) confirmed that atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) occurred at a cattle farm located in Alberta, Canada, and announced that it would suspend import quarantine for Canadian beef as of the 21st. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the atypical BSE infection in an 8.5-year-old cow at a feeder farm in Alberta, Canada on the 16th (local time) and posted it to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has requested the Canadian government for epidemiological information on the outbreak of BSE along with the quarantine measures. Based on the information provided by Canada in the future, it plans to determine whether or not to resume quarantine by determining whether there is a risk to public health. In Canada, an additional BSE occurred for the first time in six years ...