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Ministry Blames Contaminated Feed For Domestic BSE Cases
Japan’s seven 2001 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in its domestic herd were probably caused by contamination in the feed production process, a draft report from Japan’s agriculture ministry concludes.
The draft said that prions, the abnormal proteins that are suspected of transmitting BSE, were at some point mixed into meat-and-bone meal feed at five processing centers around the country, although it is unclear where the contaminated prions originated. Japan bans feeding ruminant products to ruminants, but some meat and bone meal derived from ruminants could have been left over from earlier manufacture of feed for chickens or hogs.
BEV Program Details For Processed Beef Items Announced
An announcement of the details of the Beef Export Verification (BEV) program for processed beef products intended for export to Japan has been posted on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Web site.
Japan
Ministry Blames Contaminated Feed For Domestic BSE Cases
Japan’s seven 2001 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in its domestic herd were probably caused by contamination in the feed production process, a draft report from Japan’s agriculture ministry concludes.
The draft said that prions, the abnormal proteins that are suspected of transmitting BSE, were at some point mixed into meat-and-bone meal feed at five processing centers around the country, although it is unclear where the contaminated prions originated. Japan bans feeding ruminant products to ruminants, but some meat and bone meal derived from ruminants could have been left over from earlier manufacture of feed for chickens or hogs.
BEV Program Details For Processed Beef Items Announced
An announcement of the details of the Beef Export Verification (BEV) program for processed beef products intended for export to Japan has been posted on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Web site.