The Agriculture Minister says he's liaising with Chinese authorities to ensure our beef exports restart as soon possible.Shipments were suspended yesterday a...
The Agriculture Minister says he's liaising with Chinese authorities to ensure our beef exports restart as soon possible.The discovery was made following testing by the Department of Agriculture's Central Veterinary Research Laboratory on Friday.In this case, the form of BSE - also known as 'mad cow disease' - is atypical, which occurs sporadically and more often in older animals.
The Irish Farmers' Association is appealing to the Government to reassure China that Irish beef is safe.“Given that we had only recently regained access, it’s a setback that we could do without... Once the report is reviewed by the Chinese authorities, there should be no delay in regaining access."The Department of Agriculture says there's no danger at this stage of the disease entering the human food chain.
"Every animal over 48 months, that's a foreign animal, is tested. We're one of the few countries in the world that actually does that... Ireland currently exports beef to 70 countries and Minister McConalogue says the other 69 markets are unaffected."The export protocol we have with the Chinese government indicates that even when there's an atypical case we have to temporarily suspend exports there until authorisation is given to recommence it.
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