Civet Cats Off Menu, Health Ministry Says
From Times Wire Reports
China’s Health Ministry has banned the cooking and selling of civet cat to prevent a return of severe acute respiratory syndrome, state media reported.
Chinese health experts concluded last month that civet, considered a delicacy in the south of the country, was the primary source of last year’s SARS epidemic, which killed about 300 people in China and 500 in other countries.
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