New Mad Cow Disease Case Found in GermanyThe first case of mad cow disease has been found in Saarland, a German state bordering southeastern France, local press reported on Saturday.Previously, most of the confirmed cases of BSE had been restricted to the state of Bavaria. With the latest case in Saarland, the total number of cows testing positive has now risen to 48 in Germany. In the coming week, about 170 cattle will be killed in the farm in Saarlouis county of Saarland, where a five-year-old cow was tested positive of BSE. Meanwhile, a trade food organization NGG complained that because of the BSE plague, some 5,000 people had already lost their jobs in Germany. The jobs were most related to meat processing as demand for beef sharply declined, said NGG chief Franz-Josef Moellenberg on a Berlin radio. He said that 12,000 people have had to work on shortened time and 40,000 more will face job insecurity if the plague persists. |
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