Brussels, 05/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Member States, which met within the Standing Veterinary Committee, approved by qualified majority the Commission decision to reinforce surveillance of the mad cow disease in the Union, with the introduction, on 1 January 2001, of compulsory rapid post-mortem tests to be carried out on a targeted sample of high-risk animals (see EUROPE of 30 March, p.12). With this vote, the Member States agreed to implement annual monitoring programmes mainly on...