STEERING COMMITTEE

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union's Scientific Steering Committee - the body offering the European Commission expert advice on food safety issues - has held its final meeting, six years after its creation. Its functions are to be taken over by the new European Food Safety Authority. While winding up its work, the committee advised the Commission that BSE cases in the UK in livestock born after the imposition of a reinforced feed ban in 1996 do not pose greater health risks than earlier exposures. It also advised that specified risk material need not be removed ...


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