Brussels, 29/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) published, on 24 October, an opinion on the safety of products of sheep and goat origin, should BSE be confirmed or considered likely among small ruminants. It concludes that, to date, there is no proof that BSE can be present among small ruminants at the experimental stage, but it does not rule out the possibility that in the past sheep had been fed with potentially infected meat and bone meal. The risk of BSE...