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From: TSS (216-119-143-160.ipset23.wt.net)
Subject: The number of cases of BSE in Spain exceeds 500 (11 new cases)
Date: December 10, 2004 at 2:07 pm PST

NEW BSE CASES

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The number of cases of BSE in Spain exceeds 500.
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Spain's Agriculture Ministry has reported 11 new cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The latest incidents occurred in the municipalities of Villain and Vegadeo in Asturias, Aguilar de Campoo in Palencia, Rioseco de Tapia in León, Espinosa de los Monteros in Burgos, Vila de Cruce, A Golada, Forcarei and Lalín in Pontevedra and Enmedio in Cantabria.

This brings the number of cases discovered in Spain this year to 125 and takes the total number of cases since the disease was first discovered in the country to 501.

Web posted: December 9, 2004
Category: Food Safety,Legislation and Regulation,Trade
Domenick Castaldo, Ph.D.

http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article&artNum=8696

TSS

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