Health minister speaks on mad cow scare

Health minister speaks on mad cow scare

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks to reporters Oct. 12 on a Tokyo metropolitan government announcement that a cow slaughtered at Tokyo's central wholesale market is suspected of being infected with mad cow disease. Sakaguci said, ''There is no confirmation yet, but I think there is a strong possibility'' that it is a case of mad cow disease.

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