GOAT MEAT
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLCOMPREHENSIVE tests are needed following the conformation that a goat in France did indeed die of BSE, the European Food Safety Authority's BIOHAZ panel has said. Data on the goat had been transferred to the EU Community Reference Laboratory for TSEs, in Weybridge, Surrey, after French authorities had reported their concerns. The panel stressed that "important information gaps do not allow, at this stage, the quantification of BSE-related risks" regarding goat meat consumption, and said that "increased monitoring of TSEs in goats as proposed by ...
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