Mad cow triggers ban on beef by eastern neighbors
The governments of Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have
placed a ban on Polish beef following reports of a case of BSE, or mad cow
disease, in Poland. During a meeting yesterday the Polish government decided
to appoint a committee to monitor and take action against BSE cases in
Poland. The committee will be headed by Deputy Minister Jaroslaw Kalinowski.
Poland does not import beef, while export is kept at a steady rate of 50,000
to 60,000 tons per year, 30,000 tons of which constitutes live cattle
exported to European Union, while the rest, beef and beef products, are
exported to countries of the former Soviet Union. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2)
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