China Has No Mad Cow Disease

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 ◆ China Has No Mad Cow Disease

China's Ministry of Agriculture announced recently that no single case of mad cow disease has been found in China.

A bulletin released by the Ministry of Agriculture said China had taken a series of effective measures since 1990 to prevent mad cow disease from spreading to the country.

China conducted mad cow disease monitoring in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in 2001. Tests on the 1,863 samples provided by dairy and cattle farms country-wide showed no mad cow disease existed in the country.

The ministry said that China would continue monitoring mad cow disease in accordance with the requirements of the world animal hygiene organization and effectively keep the disease out of the country.