Australian beef producers will ask federal and state governments to officially ban mammal meat from cattle feed in a bid to head-off any outbreak of mad cow disease in Australia.
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Cattle Council executive director, Justin Toohey, said the beef industry is looking for a formal legislative ban to reassure consumers, despite the fact that mammal feed is generally not used to feed cattle in Australia. Currently, most mammal-based feed is banned in Australia, but exceptions have been made based on ‘scientific evidence’, for kangaroo, horse and pig meat. Some states still allow producers to feed their cattle protein derived from pigs and horses.
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service and industry representatives agreed to strengthen existing laws, which already ban the use of mammalian protein. Australia banned sheep-derived protein in 1996. Most Australian cattle are pasture fed.
The beef industry hopes that federal and trade measures will make Australian beef attractive to countries who are beginning to seek alternative suppliers for the meat after closing down their markets to European countries.
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