Will Egypt ban the import of cows from Brazil?

Published 2023년 3월 5일

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Brazil has no need to worry about mad cow disease, says Major General Dr. Ehab Saber, Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Head of the Veterinary Services Authority. He assured that a permanent committee will make scientific decisions to protect citizen health and maintain import prices. The suspension of Brazilian meat imports due to mad cow disease will be temporarily halted until laboratory results are available. Saber clarified that the disease is not transmitted to humans if the animal is infected at a certain age. The case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy detected in a 9-year-old male animal from Para state has led to the suspension of Brazilian meat imports by Russia, Jordan, Iran, and Thailand. However, Egypt, a major importer of Brazilian meat, continues to include it in its market.

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Major General Dr. Ehab Saber, Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Head of the Veterinary Services Authority, affirmed that there is absolutely no need to worry about the emergence of mad cow disease in Brazil, explaining that there is a permanent committee to follow up on these events and they are dealt with scientifically without causing concern to citizens. Saber said, during his telephone conversations with Ahmed Musa, on the “On My Responsibility” program on Sada Al-Balad TV, that the scientific committee will convene today, Sunday, which includes experts specialized in several fields. Saber added that the committee will take the right decision that protects the citizen's health, secures imports and maintains prices after the emergence of mad cow disease. Saber pointed out that such a problem occurred 4 years ago, and imports were suspended for a temporary period from the state in which the disease appeared, and Brazil announced after 3 days that the result of the laboratory ...

Source: Almalnews