UAE lifts import ban on living cows from Netherlands, France and Germany
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WAM (Emirates News Agency)


Dubai, 8th July 2010 (WAM) -- The UAE has lifted a ban on import of living cows from Netherlands, France and Germany following a recommendation from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on import of living cows from countries or regions recognised as having a controlled Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease risk.

Issued by H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water,the resolution was also based on recommendations issued by the 21st meeting of the GCC agricultural committee held in Kuwait which called for allowing entry of cows from the three European countries provided that all import shipments be subjectedto veterinary quarantine laws prevailing in the UAE.The resolution spells out a set of conditions for import of these animals from the said countries.

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