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Chile In Select Group Of Eleven Countries
With Insignificant Mad-Cow Risk
SANTIAGO - "This recognition allows us to
broaden and improve access to meat exports
and to bovine sub-products which our country
offers to the most discerning markets on the
continent", explained Agriculture Minister
Marigen Hornkohl.
The secretary of state acknowledged that
this achievement is a result of the work of
the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG)
and the private sector, since they
established regulations and preventative
measures since the very moment the disease
was made known to the world.
The recognition was announced by the
European Union, “one of our main partners in
agriculture and forestry trade and is in
line with what had been anticipated and
acknowledged by the Paris-based World
Organization of Animal Health, OIE last
May”, said Chilean ambassador before the EU
Carlos Appelgren Balboltin.
This represents a special satisfaction since
it comes from “a market and consumers among
the most demanding in the world. This means
Chile is working correctly, is doing the
right things, at government level and at
private level. Chile delivers trust,
confidence and excellent quality produce to
the world”, he added.
According to the rules there are three BSE
risk-categories: insignificant, controlled
and undetermined.
Chile has now joined the (insignificant
risk) select group made up of Finland,
Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Argentina,
Australia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Singapore
and Uruguay.
Meanwhile Colombia and Japan climbed one
step from undetermined to controlled risk.
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