Global animal health agency says Canada's mad cow risk is controlled
CALGARY (CP) - Canada's mad cow protection measures have earned the second-highest safety designation from the world's leading animal health organization, a stamp which the cattle industry hopes will translate into more exports.
"It's a very significant step," Hugh Lynch-Staunton, president of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, said Tuesday after the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health officially categorized Canada as a controlled-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
"It gives an independent, scientific assessment of the BSE situtation in Canada," he said.
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"It's a very significant step," Hugh Lynch-Staunton, president of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, said Tuesday after the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health officially categorized Canada as a controlled-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
"It gives an independent, scientific assessment of the BSE situtation in Canada," he said.
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