Health
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Scientific Steering Committee (former MDSC)
Outcome of discussions
BSE : extract
from the minutes of the Scientific Steering Committee of
2-3 March 2000
In view of the cases of BSE continuing
to occur in the EU, even in Member States that have not
identified native cases in the past, the Scientific
Steering Committee recalls that, in its efforts to define
the possible implications of BSE on public health, it has
repeatedly highlighted, in various opinions, the elements
which contribute to the geographical BSE risk.
It is presently assessing the
geographical BSE risk in the Member States and in a number
of Third Countries, the preliminary results of which will
be communicated to these countries in due time.
In view of both developments, the SSC
wants to underline its earlier opinions indicating that the
exclusion of Specified Risk Materials (SRMs) and fallen
stock from the feed chain would reduce the risks of
propagating the BSE agent, and that the exclusion of SRMs
from the human food chain would reduce any possible
BSE-risk for the consumer.
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