January 5, 2003 BBC Monitoring International Reports
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Ufa, 5 January: An outbreak of mad cow disease has been registered in
Tatarskiy Uryush, a village of Bashkortostan, as ten
cows were suspected of having contracted the infection.
Consumption of the contaminated meat may be lethal for humans.
"Right after we obtained information about the situation, we
placed checkpoints of the police and sanitary physicians to
prevent meat from reaching marketplaces," Bashkortostan First
Deputy Interior Minister Maj-Gen. Gennadiy Patrikeyev told
ITAR-TASS. It will be permitted to take meat products away from
the republic "only after a thorough analysis", he remarked.
"Urgent measures have been taken. The ten infected cows have been slaughtered, and the rest of the cattle have been taken under veterinary control," district administration head Ildar Musin told ITAR-TASS... Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in English 1916 gmt 5 Jan 03 |
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