MEPS OPPOSE PLANNED REDUCTION IN EU FUNDS FOR BSE RESEARCH
July 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has said it is too early to relax European Union (EU) food health controls designed to protect consumers from BSE, despite recent sharp falls in the number of cases. In a formal motion, it has called on the European Commission to avoid recommending ending restrictions on the use of risk materials in animal feed, relaxing animal protein feed bans for ruminants, loosening rules on culling animals linked to infected livestock and raising the age limit for BSE testing. MEPs fear these liberalisation measures could follow an ...
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