Non-contagious mad cow disease in the Netherlands; Quarantine suspension to be implemented on Dutch beef imports

Published 2023년 2월 2일

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South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has suspended the import quarantine for Dutch beef due to a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the Netherlands. The disease, found in a dairy cow farm, poses no risk to other animals as it is naturally occurring in elderly cows and not transmitted through contaminated feed. The ministry is seeking epidemiological information from the Dutch government to determine if the quarantine will be resumed. Dutch beef imports last year were negligible, at 79 tons.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 2nd that it would suspend import quarantine for Dutch beef following a report of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at a farm in the Netherlands. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed that atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy had occurred in a dairy cow farm in Zuid-Holland in the southwest of the Netherlands. These cows were discarded and not supplied to food companies. Atypical BSE is a very rare naturally occurring disease, mainly in elderly cattle over 8 years of age, and does not spread to other animals. This differs from formal BSE, which is transmitted through contaminated feed. Accordingly, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) recommends that beef trade be not affected in the case of an atypical BSE outbreak. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has requested epidemiological information about ...

Source: Yna