Brussels, 29/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following the announcement of the first case of BSE being detected in the United States (in the state of Washington), David Byrne, European Consumer Policy and Health Commissioner, said: "I can confirm that the European Union already has in place a number of protective measures to ensure that bovine material at risk of carrying BSE is not imported into the EU. These measures, in place since October 1999, are a result of a scientific risk assessment...