EU OFFERS ROUTE TO SCALE DOWN BSE CASE MONITORING
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved new detailed guidelines allowing EU member states to scale down existing comprehensive monitoring of BSE cases in cattle, sheep and goats.
This move follows pressure from member states, such as Britain, who claim they do not need such rigorous controls now the disease is largely under control. The European Commission and now EU ministers have accepted these arguments and the EU legislation mandating BSE health checks has been amended. This now includes, said a council note "new ...
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