COLLAGEN BONES
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INDUSTRIAL system where collagen is manufactured from crushed pig and chicken bones collected at slaughter houses has been declared safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which was examining the risk of it passing on BSE or related diseases. It involves bones being crushed into tiny pieces then washed, boiled and pressured in a centrifuge, separating the collagen from other materials. EFSA said the risk of contamination with cattle bones was low and the likelihood of them harbouring BSE even lower.
AN INDUSTRIAL system where collagen is manufactured from crushed pig and chicken bones collected at slaughter houses has been declared safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which was examining the risk of it passing on BSE or related diseases. It involves bones being crushed into tiny pieces then washed, boiled and pressured in a centrifuge, separating the collagen from other materials. EFSA said the risk of contamination with cattle bones was low and the likelihood of them harbouring BSE even lower.
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