Brussels, 22/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Contrary to the United States and Canada, where the presence of BSE has not been ruled out, then third countries (Australia, Argentina, Botswana, Chile, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Swaziland) are not held to extract specified risk materials (SRMs) before exporting meat to the Community, as they are in category 1 of countries where the risk is highly unlikely. This is what the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) decided on...