우리나라 국민들은 미국 개 고양이보다 못하군요. 애완동물보다 못한 국민들 되게 만들어서 꽤나 흐뭇하겠다 젠장. 밑에 글은 퍼온 글이며, 오늘 발표한게 아니라 4월 24일로 확인됩니다.(뉴스 업데이트날짜가 24일) 링크가 원본 URL이니 영어 되시는분 들어가서 보셔요. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 미국에서는 내년부터 30개월 이상된 소고기로 집에서 키우는 강아지나 고양이 사료를 못 만들게 하겠다고 오늘 발표했어요. 그리고 같은 기사에, "한국은 지난 주에 미국 소를 - 소의 개월 수에 상관없이, 뼈가 없는 것과 있는 것 전량 수입하기로 했다." 라고 나옵니다. 즉, 미국에 사는 강아지 고양이도 못먹게 하는 30개월 이상된 소고기도 수입하고, 먹지 말라는 뼈도 붙여서 수입한다는 이야기에요. 전문입니다. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. makers of pet food andall other animal feed will be prevented from using certain materialsfrom cattle at the greatest risk for spreading mad cow disease under arule that regulators finalized on Wednesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which oversees animal feed, said excludinghigh-risk materials from cattle 30 months of age or older from allanimal feed will prevent any accidental cross-contamination betweenruminant feed (intended for animals such as cattle) and non-ruminantfeed or feed ingredients. The new rule takes effect in April, 2009. Contamination could occur during manufacture,transport or through the accidental misfeeding of non-ruminant feed toruminant animals. Canada and the United States banned the inclusion ofprotein from cows and other ruminant animals such as goats and sheep incattle feed in 1997, following a mad cow outbreak in Britain. The measure issued today finalizes a proposed ruleopened for public comment in October 2005. It goes into effect on April23, 2009. The major U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease arethe feed ban, a prohibition against slaughtering most "downer" cattle-- animals too sick to walk on their own -- for human food, and arequirement for meatpackers to remove from carcasses the brains, spinalcords and other parts most likely to contain the malformed proteinsblamed for the disease. Mad cow disease is a fatal, brain-wasting diseasebelieved to be spread by contaminated feed. People can contract a humanversion of the disease, know as Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, orvCJD, which scientists believe can be spread by eating contaminatedparts from an infected animal. The United States has found three cases of mad cowdisease, including the first on-e detected in December of 2003. Soonafter, U.S. beef exports were virtually halted. U.S. official have beenslowly working to resume beef shipments. Last week, South Korea officially announcedit would gradually open its market to U.S. beef imports as Washingtonintensifies safety standards. Eventually, if all goes well, a full range ofU.S. beef boneless and bone-in, from animals of any age, would beshipped to a market estimated to be worth up to $1 billion a year. (Reporting by Christopher Doering; Editing by David Gregorio) http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2344375420080424