Ukraine imposed a temporary ban on the import of Polish beef, its processed products and cattle.
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Now it is forbidden to import meat products and live cows from Poland to Ukraine from February 15, 2019. This is due to cases of detection of mad cow disease, according to the State Food and Beverage Service. Due to the detection of spongiform encephalopathy in cattle in the Republic of Poland, a temporary ban on importing into Ukraine from Poland has been imposed Cattle, products and raw materials from it.
In Ukraine, outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy have not yet been identified, the State Food and Beverage Service adds.
In Belarus, they became interested in the dangerous situation with Polish meat even earlier. Here, a ban on the import of Polish beef came into effect on February 7 this year.
A case of atypical mad cow disease was discovered in a cow in the village of Mirsk in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland during a routine veterinary check. The sick animal was immediately destroyed, and the world community was seriously worried.
Mad cow disease is an incurable and fatal disease. The incubation period is from 30 months to 8 years. A person can become infected by eating meat from sick animals. With the disease, the brain is affected, the personality changes irreparably, the person loses his legal capacity. In 85% of cases, the disease is fatal.
