REFORM PLANNED FOR EU BSE ASSESSMENTS
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved reforms to the EU's BSE control system that it anticipates will sail through the European Parliament onto the European statute book. A key aim of the changes to EU regulation EC/999/2001 is that they mirror new scientific and technical knowledge and give member states the flexibility to adapt their BSE monitoring systems to match the disease-threat on the ground. There will also be changes to how Brussels categorises countries regarding their BSE risk and defines compulsory passive and ...
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