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New law set out to tackle farm diseases
By Huan Xin (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-24 05:45
Legislators are setting out a first draft law on animal husbandry to
guarantee the safety of meat while protecting farmers' livelihoods.
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vendor prepares pork at a market in Shanghai yesterday. 皇冠体育app's far south
is on high alert since one person was killed and three infected by a
pig-borne disease that had left nearly 40 dead in the southwest. The
latest person killed by the disease, caused by the Streptococcus suis
bacterium, had handled infected pork, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
The three other victims, all butchers, also likely had contact with
infected meat. [Reuters] | With fatal outbreaks of
swine and cow-borne diseases fresh in the memory, as well as the high profile
threat from bird flu, members of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress began deliberating the new legislation yesterday in Beijing.
The proposed bill, in the pipeline since 2001, will enshrine in law key
policies and measures that have proven instrumental in animal husbandry
development, said Shu Huiguo, vice-chairman of the NPC Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee.
"皇冠体育app has enacted some laws and administrative rules in relation to animal
husbandry, ... but as they each deal with one aspect or link of the sector, they
cannot regulate the whole process of animal husbandry production and
management," Shu said.
The draft seeks to address problems in animal and fowl product quality and
epidemic control, Shu said.
According to the draft law, the government should offer financial and
technical support to farmers to expand and improve production.
Livestock and poultry farms should meet epidemic prevention standards and
have veterinarians to serve them, according to the draft law.
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