Brussels, 28/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - German Minister for Agriculture Karl-Heinz Funke has said he is in favour of extending screening tests for BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) to sheep. "Scientists recommend it and I believe they are right", he said before stating he hoped a European solution would be found to protect consumers. Reinhard Kurth, Director of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, said he had taken a stance the day before for such extension, recalling that a large part...