International guidelines to prevent the future spread of BSE around the world
have been agreed by a joint meeting of the World Health Organisation, the UN Food
and Agriculture Organisation and the Office International des Epizooties, the
world’s animal health organisation.
A number of recommendations were adopted, including ensuring effective risk
assessment of meat imports, whose original source could have been obscured by
processing and illegal trade. The meeting agreed that additional resources should
be made available to developing countries to assess their potential exposure.
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The meeting also agreed that meat and bone meal from ruminants should not be
fed to cattle and BSE checks be made on indigenous sheep and goat populations.
By Keith Nuthall, just-food.com correspondent
