# Imported toxic animal feed posing serious public health threat

> A Bangladeshi newspaper reports that about 6,000 metric tonnes of meat and bone meal were imported from Paraguay, Croatia and the UAE over six months for cattle and poultry feed. It calls for an immediate import ban over disease and health concerns.

- Date: 2016-11-13 · published 2016-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Bangladesh · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73952-imported-toxic-animal-feed-posing-serious-public-health-threat
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for a Bangladeshi import ban could reduce MBM demand from a small importer, though the effect on global prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dailynewnation.com: https://dailynewnation.com/news/162283

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