The case of “mad cow” in the Ardennes confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, which is reassuring – francetv info

The results fell earlier than expected. The case of “mad cow” in the Ardennes was confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture in a statement, Thursday, March 24. This is the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) detected in this type France since 2011 and “third single case of BSE detected in this type of Europe since 2015, “.

The removal of the deceased animal was sent to the European reference laboratory for BSE in the UK. The latter was put 8 to 10 days to confirm or not this case of “mad cow”. Without waiting for this time, the laboratory has given its verdict, positive, says Le Monde . The Ministry of Agriculture wants reassuring however: “The detection of this case does not affect the consumer”, he says in a press release. What to know about the context and implications of this detection of BSE:

A farm “honorably known”

The animal-old 5 years, belonged to a herd of 400 cows Salers the Ardennes, in the village of Givron. “the suspicion was established on March 17 by the national reference laboratory of the national Agency food safety, thanks to samples taken on the animal rendering “ , according to a previous statement from the ministry.

“Yesterday there were mere suspicion. I am surprised that the confirmation has happened so fast. I do not personally know the breeder, but its operation is known honorably . he is a serious, we will try to give him moral support and defuse a bit ‘, tells francetv info Clausse Philippe, director of the FDSEA Ardennes.

no “result to the consumer”

the Department asserts that “the detection of this case (in the Ardennes) has no consequences for the consumer “. The mode of contamination is in fact probably not the same as during the outbreak of the late 90s as animal meal, so involved, have since been banned for livestock feed.

the Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, will “ask the European Commission to seize the Authority European food safety Authority (EFSA) in connection with the national health security Agency (ANSES) to better understand the origin and the cause of those isolated cases in cattle “, said the statement released Thursday.

a hundred cattle slaughtered

one hundred cattle will be slaughtered within a month . These cows belonging to the “cohort” of the dead animal, one year old, more or less that the infected cow and, therefore, “may have been exposed to the same food source “ and calves ” born less than two years “ of the sick cow.

the compensation measures” will only cover maybe not the entire loss, including moral damage. for the farmer, it is a shock, severe stress, “stressed however Clausse Philippe, director of the FDSEA of the Ardennes, branch of agricultural union majority.

France risks losing market

France had been reclassified as a country “negligible risk” for BSE in May 2015 by the World Organisation for animal health. This decision was expected to reopen exports to major international markets.

According to the Ministry, it is “likely” that the countries which had reopened since 2015 their borders to exports French – Saudi Arabia, Canada, Singapore, Vietnam – close them again. But these countries represent only a small volume of exports. Other EU countries, the main recipients of French meat sales, can however not close their doors to the hexagonal beef.

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