First case of BSE in goat confirmed in animal slaughtered in France
Canadian Press
Sunday, January 30, 2005
LONDON (CP) - The first case of so-called mad cow disease in a goat was confirmed Friday in an animal that was slaughtered in France in 2002, Britain's Independent newspaper reported.
Britain's Food Standards Agency said bovine spongiform encephalopathy in sheep and goats was always considered a theoretical possibility and finding the disease in one goat does not mean health advice to consumers will be altered.
The European Food Safety Authority said certain offal from sheep and goats is banned from entering the human food chain to protect consumers from variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, the human form of BSE.
But the discovery BSE can cross the species barrier from cattle to goats will lead to further testing across the European Union.
© The Canadian Press 2005
Canadian Press
Sunday, January 30, 2005
LONDON (CP) - The first case of so-called mad cow disease in a goat was confirmed Friday in an animal that was slaughtered in France in 2002, Britain's Independent newspaper reported.
Britain's Food Standards Agency said bovine spongiform encephalopathy in sheep and goats was always considered a theoretical possibility and finding the disease in one goat does not mean health advice to consumers will be altered.
The European Food Safety Authority said certain offal from sheep and goats is banned from entering the human food chain to protect consumers from variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, the human form of BSE.
But the discovery BSE can cross the species barrier from cattle to goats will lead to further testing across the European Union.
© The Canadian Press 2005
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