CANADA BSE
June 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALTHOUGH an investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency did not discover another case of BSE, following the lone outbreak that has devastated Canada's beef exports, further instances may well follow, a member of the International Committee on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy has warned. Ulrich Kihm said feed controls were too loose to guarantee Canada will remain BSE free.
ALTHOUGH an investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency did not discover another case of BSE, following the lone outbreak that has devastated Canada's beef exports, further instances may well follow, a member of the International Committee on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy has warned. Ulrich Kihm said feed controls were too loose to guarantee Canada will remain BSE free.
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