BSE SOUTHERN AFRICA
June 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review has ruled that existing European Union anti-BSE controls on imports of bovine meat and livestock from southern Africa's Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland are adequate and need not be changed. However, the risk of BSE contamination in Namibia is growing it said, falling in Botswana and stable in Swaziland.
A EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review has ruled that existing European Union anti-BSE controls on imports of bovine meat and livestock from southern Africa's Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland are adequate and need not be changed. However, the risk of BSE contamination in Namibia is growing it said, falling in Botswana and stable in Swaziland.
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.