캐나다식품검사청(CFIA)이 지난 2월 25일 광우병에 감염된 72개월령 소(육우)가 도축됐음을 확인했음에도 불구하고, 이러한 사실을 2주가 지난 지난 3월 10일에야 홈페이지에 공고를 했다는 사실이 밝혀져 캐나다와 미국의 검역당국이 수주간이나 광우병 발생 사실을 움겼다는 헌팅턴포스트 보도내용입니다.
캐나다식품검사청의 때늦은 광우병 공고는 R-CALF USA(Rachers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America)의 고발이 있은 뒤에서야 이루어졌다고 합니다.
R-CALF USA는 캐나다에서 18번째 광우병이 발생했지만, 미국으로 수출되는 소로는 11번째라고 밝혔습니다. 2010년 들어서만 캐나다는 30개월 이상의 소 40,000두 이상을 미국으로 수출했다고 합니다.
캐나다에서 미국으로 수출된 생우는 미국으로 수출된 지 100일이 지나서 도축할 경우 미국산으로 인정되어 한국으로 수출될 수 있습니다.
다음은 헌팅턴포스트가 보도한 뉴스 원문입니다.
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참고자료
HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Nikki Zeichner Posted: 03-11-10 07:08 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/mad-cow-disease-case-hidd_n_494881.html
Produced by HuffPost’s Citizen Reporting Team
On February 25, 2010, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed a recent case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, in a 72 month-old cow.
This case was detected through the national BSE surveillance program and was not made public on the CFIA website until March 10 — hours after a press release was distributed by the advocacy group, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (RCALF USA).
“The CFIA said the BSE-positive case was confirmed Feb. 25, 2010, which means the CFIA and all other governments who knew about this latest BSE case kept it a secret from the public for almost two weeks,” said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard. “If we had not discovered this information, the public may never have known.”
According to a CFIA spokesperson, the Agency updates its website with cases of federally reportable diseases found in farmed animals once a month. Immediate updates are made only when it determines that there are reportable, foreign, or newly emerging diseases which pose significant health or economic risks.
The USDA claims that its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) determined that the risk presented here in trade in beef or cattle from Canada is negligible.
According to USDA spokesperson, Caleb Weaver, “APHIS followed international standards, as defined by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), in making this determination.”
Both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the USDA admit that there is no way to test live animals for BSE; testing for BSE can only be done by postmortem microscopic examination of the animal’s brain tissue. These tests are conducted on dead animals to detect the possibility of infection within a specific cattle population. BSE testing in Canada is voluntary and, according to Canadian Food Inspection Agency data, rates of BSE testing of cattle being exported to the U.S. are on the decline.
Recent USDA regulations permit live Canadian cattle born after March 1, 1999, to be imported into the United States without mandatory BSE testing. This means that the infected cow would have been eligible for import into the U.S. cattle market had it been alive.
Produced by HuffPost’s Citizen Reporting Team
On February 25, 2010, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed a recent case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, in a 72 month-old cow.
This case was detected through the national BSE surveillance program and was not made public on the CFIA website until March 10 — hours after a press release was distributed by the advocacy group, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (RCALF USA).
“The CFIA said the BSE-positive case was confirmed Feb. 25, 2010, which means the CFIA and all other governments who knew about this latest BSE case kept it a secret from the public for almost two weeks,” said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard. “If we had not discovered this information, the public may never have known.”
According to a CFIA spokesperson, the Agency updates its website with cases of federally reportable diseases found in farmed animals once a month. Immediate updates are made only when it determines that there are reportable, foreign, or newly emerging diseases which pose significant health or economic risks.
The USDA claims that its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) determined that the risk presented here in trade in beef or cattle from Canada is negligible.
According to USDA spokesperson, Caleb Weaver, “APHIS followed international standards, as defined by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), in making this determination.”
Both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the USDA admit that there is no way to test live animals for BSE; testing for BSE can only be done by postmortem microscopic examination of the animal’s brain tissue. These tests are conducted on dead animals to detect the possibility of infection within a specific cattle population. BSE testing in Canada is voluntary and, according to Canadian Food Inspection Agency data, rates of BSE testing of cattle being exported to the U.S. are on the decline.
Recent USDA regulations permit live Canadian cattle born after March 1, 1999, to be imported into the United States without mandatory BSE testing. This means that the infected cow would have been eligible for import into the U.S. cattle market had it been alive.
Also on February 25, an Australian group, Cumberland Livestock Health and Pest Authority objected to beef imports from the U.S. and Canada, questioning their safety.