SNP MEP Alyn Smith has welcomed the advice that recommends an end to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) testing regime introduced in the wake of the BSE crisis.
SNP MEP Alyn Smith has welcomed the advice that recommends an end to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) testing regime introduced in the wake of the BSE crisis.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommendation to the UK Government follows a European Commission proposal to allow some member states, including the UK, to decide to stop testing cattle.
The FSA says the regime is no longer necessary as other safeguards, including the removal of the specified risk material at slaughter and banning protein in cattle feed, should protect consumers.
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