Brussels, 23/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - At the Agriculture Council on Monday 22 February, Belgium called for a relaxation of the rules on BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) screening tests, and the Commission acknowledged that, in the light of the fall in the number of cases of this epizootic (only 59 in 2009, with 13 in Spain and 11 in the United Kingdom), amendment of certain measures could be considered without any threat to public health.
Belgium called for a change in its status,...