(2)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(2)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Governor Tatsuya Hori speaks to reporters Nov. 21, 2001 on a government announcement that a Holstein cow raised at a Hokkaido farm has been officially confirmed infected with the mad cow disease. Hori said the Hokkaido government has set up its own panel of experts to probe into how the cow had been contaminated.

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