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New law set out to tackle farm diseases
By Huan Xin (China 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.

A vendor prepares pork at a market in Shanghai yesterday. China�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.
A vendor prepares pork at a market in Shanghai yesterday. China'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.

"China 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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