The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has decided to outlaw the importation and domestic production of meat-and-bone meal, which is suspected of transmitting mad cow disease, ministry sources said Thursday.
The move will involve revising a ministry ordinance and will strengthen government clampdowns on the feed, which at present is controlled via “administrative guidance,” which has no legal basis.
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