login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9144

4 March 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/zoonoses
Mad cow disease, swine fever and avian influenza

Brussels, 03/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Community reference laboratory in Weybridge, UK, confirmed, on 3 March, the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a cow of 12 years of age in Sweden. Further to this case, the Commission will take another look at the derogation that had hitherto allowed Sweden to avoid testing all beef and veal entering the human food chain. Being at risk level 2, Sweden had previously only to test 10,000 animals per year at the time of slaughter....

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE