Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.
| Identifier: | 04PARAMARIBO9 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04PARAMARIBO9 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Paramaribo |
| Created: | 2004-01-06 12:14:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | ETRD EAGR NS |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS PARAMARIBO 000009
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR: MARK SEIBEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD, EAGR, NS
SUBJECT: SURINAME IMPOSES TEMPORARY BAN ON IMPORT OF US BEEF
REF: STATE 348293
SURINAME HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO BAN US BEEF IMPORTS DUE TO
THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE CONFIRMED CASE OF BOVINE
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALPATHY (BSE) IN THE US. PER REFTEL
REQUEST, ON DECEMBER 24, 2003, THE EMBASSY DELIVERED THE BSE
NOTIFICATION TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. ON JANUARY 4,
DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH EDMUND ROZENBLAD
INFORMED THE EMBASSY THAT BEEF IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE
TEMPORARILY BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PERMANENT
SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND
SIPDIS
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, JASWANT SAHTOE MADE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
ON JANUARY 2 THAT THE IMPORT OF RUMINANTS, BEEF AND BEEF
PRODUCTS FROM THE USA ARE PROHIBITED UNTIL THE MINISTRY IS
CONVINCED THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER DANGER OR THREAT TO
ANIMAL AND HUMAN HEALTH.
BARNES
NNNN
Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04