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Since 1989, the
European Commission, in close co-operation
with the Member States has taken a series of
measures to manage the risk of BSE in the EU.
Since September 1999, the Directorate-General
for Health and Consumers is
responsible for the measures to protect both
human and animal health from the risk of BSE.
The responsibilities of the
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers in relation to BSE include
:
- development of
veterinary legislation to protect consumer
and animal health and to ensure the safety
of animal feed;
- management of the
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and
Animal Health where representatives of the
Member States discuss current veterinary
issues and approve urgent measures as
necessary;
- management of the
scientific committees advising the European
Commission on consumer health protection
issues, including BSE;
- inspection and
control of the correct implementation of
legislation to protect animal and consumer
health by the Member States.
-
Work Programme on TSE
The TSE
Roadmap
- a reflection paper providing
an outline of possible future changes to EU
measures on BSE in the short, medium and
long-term
Questions
and Answers on TSE Roadmap
Information on unusual cases of TSE in
sheep.
Find out more
information concerning TSE in goats.
See related
publications
and overview documentation section.
See more
information concerning
Annual reports of
Member States on BSE and Scrapie
(under
"Monitoring Results" section)
Legislative
measures on BSE up to 1st July 2001 were
adopted by the European Commission as
safeguard measures after approval by the
representatives of the Member States in the
Standing Veterinary Committee. As of 1st July
2001 European Parliament and Council
Regulation No 999/2001 forms the legal basis
for all legislative action on BSE and will in
due course replace the existing Commission
Decisions on safeguard measures.
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