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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7883

18 January 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mad cow
Scientific Steering Committee considers some additional restrictions to use of bovine tissue and derived products may be needed - Commission will draw conclusions in terms of changes to Community legislation

Brussels, 17/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - It is highly probable that the European Commission will, in the near future, be forced to modify the Community legislation on the mad cow disease in order to lengthen the list of specified risk materials (SRM) currently banned from use in the animal or human food chain. Some of the recommendations of the Union's Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), consulted on the safety of certain bovine tissue and animal-derived products likely to present a risk of...

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