China confiscates 186 tons of US beef
AFP, Beijing
China has confiscated 186 tons of US beef products in Beijing during a meat market inspection amid fears the meat could be contaminated with mad cow disease, state media reported Friday. The Beijing Youth Daily said the beef, seized Thursday, will be disposed off after being examined on advice from the Ministry of Agriculture. China was one of more than 30 countries that suspended US beef products last week. The ban applies to all cow-related products except milk and other dairy products, leather and gelatin used for photography. The Beijing Agriculture Bureau recently issued a string of prevention and monitoring orders and a city-wide market inspection is currently being carried out, the paper said. The disease so far has not been found in the city or anywhere in China. It was the second seizure of beef products in a week following the confiscation of 60 kilograms, all from Washington State where the mad cow disease case was found, on a US cargo ship in Ningbo, in Zheijiang province.
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