After the confirmation of Mad Cow Disease in California farms by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), it is mandatory to stop import of live animals from such country, as prescribed under the OIE Rules/guidelines.
According to Punjab Agriculture and Meat Company’s spokesman, this was stated by PAMCO former CEO Dr Hamid Jalil.
The CEO had also urged the federal and provincial governments to impose a ban on import of live cattle from US to save Pakistan from this dangerous disease. An emergent programme may be initiated to identify and register all farms where the imported Holstein cattle have been kept, he said adding provincial government must start a surveillance programme to test/screen out all cattle imported from USA.
He expressed his fear that some of the corporate dairy farms in Punjab and Sindh may have imported Holstein cattle from USA/North America.
Under the guidelines of world organization for the trade of animals and products (OIE-France), if any country imports cattle from such country having incident of Mad Cow Disease can also be banned for exporting livestock and its products.
Is the US sending all its mad cows to us? Apparently yes.I believe Hillary is on her way.
I thought that bull semen was being sold to various places, including Pakistan — does this bypass the 'export' rules and regulations?
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