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Suspicious US beef products found in China's Ningbo

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Sixty kilograms of beef products, all from the Washington State where a mad cow disease case was found, were seized Saturday night on a US cargo ship, the Ningbo-based newspaper Contemporary Gold reported Monday.

The cargo ship was scheduled to dock at several Chinese ports, with Ningbo being the first stop. The beef was found when local officials conducted routine inspections.

Ningbo Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau immediately sealed off the beef and carried out an check on related persons.

The beef was said to be purchased in Tacoma, Washington State, at the end of November, but it is still difficult to judge if the beef came from disease-infected areas or not.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), last Thursday announced an immediate ban on imports of US beef and beef-related products after the United States reported its first suspected case of mad cow disease.

Local government departments also strengthened inspection and quarantine of disembarked ships, and related preparatory sanitary work is also under way.

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