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Article: China strengthens border inspection to keep away mad cow disease
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 28, 2005
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China strengthens border inspection to keep away mad cow disease
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- China will closely watch the
development of mad cow disease in the United States and other
countries and enhance its border inspection to prevent the disease
from spreading into the country, a high-ranking official with China's
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
(AQSIQ) said here Tuesday.
The move follows an announcement by the US agriculture minister on
June 24 that a confirmed case of mad cow disease was reported in the
United States.
The official said that ...