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> Really strange (In my non-expert mind) that it hasn't made its way to Sweden. Elsethread people are speculating that it might be due to contaminated food. Sw
by tom_mellior 7y ago
> Really strange (In my non-expert mind) that it hasn't made its way to Sweden.
Elsethread people are speculating that it might be due to contaminated food. Sweden is in the EU, Norway isn't, and AFAIK the EU doesn't like importing meat and other agricultural products.
- vintermann 7y agoNorway likes it even less. One of the arguments for staying out of EU was food safety. Not sure about pet food, though.
- bayesian_horse 7y agoWhile Norway is importing most of its import food from the EU I highly doubt they have much better standards... And because of certain treaties with the EU they essentially accept most EU regulation in any case.
- drakonka 7y agoThere is a brand of Norwegian raw dog and cat food that is imported into Sweden. I'm a little bit paranoid about this outbreak even though I have cats and not dogs, so I'm holding off on purchasing it until the cause has been established and food ruled out.
- pvaldes 7y agoIs interesting that cats don't have it. Points to something that is not present in the outdoors and environment. Cat food have also a lot of salmon and other fish.
- outworlder 7y ago> Is interesting that cats don't have it. Points to something that is not present in the outdoors and environment. Cat food have also a lot of salmon and other fish. If this is an infection, we can draw no such conclusions. If it is food, it still doesn't help much – perhaps excluding some food components.
- pvaldes 7y agoMany homes have both pets. In those cases cats steal dog food gladly and would be poisoned also. Cats have often lower weight so should be dying more easily than dogs. Is interesting because is not happening (apparently).
- NicoJuicy 7y agoOnly from certain countries, eg. The US cattle/meat has too many steroids for getting through food safety.
- bayesian_horse 7y agoThey would drop the steroids if they cared about the EU market.
- cjg_ 7y agoNorway is in the EEA and that means they are effectively bound by same rules as the rest of the EU governing trade.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoThe EEA free trade and common standards have significant exceptions for agricultural and fisheries products. Norway and so on are not subject to the Common Agricultural Policy or Common Fisheries Policy, and can put significant tariffs on EU products in those areas AIUI.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoThey are not in the Customs Union.
- BurningFrog 7y agoEU aside, there must be brands brands that are distributed in Norway but not Sweden.
- pvaldes 7y agoMaybe the mountains were shadowing Swedden?