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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10752

15 December 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety
Starting to phase out automatic BSE testing

Brussels, 14/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease) testing for cattle in good health upon arrival at an abattoir is to be phased out, decided EU experts at a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 12 December. The phase-out will start in March 2013 and apply in all EU27 member states apart from Bulgaria and Romania. The new system is more than required by the World Animal Health Organisation, and it will help...

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