Mad cow disease outbreak in Ireland after beef imports allowed in South Korea

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs immediately suspends import quarantine No domestically distributed quantity In May, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs suspended import quarantine of Irish beef as of the 23rd due to the outbreak of atypical bovine spongi-form encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, in Ireland, where beef imports were permitted. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the occurrence of BSE on a 15-year-old cow that died on a farm as a result of a regular BSE surveillance program on September 19 (local time). Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs immediately suspended quarantine and requested epidemiological information on this BSE outbreak from the Irish government, while also announcing that it plans to comprehensively review the information provided by Ireland in the future and decide whether to ...