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TI "Outcome of today's [18 June 1997] Commission meeting
QU European Commission's news feed (MIDDAY EXPRESS June 18th)
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* Commission endorses action on BSE
The European Commission today endorsed a number of draft proposals on BSE. These proposals are designed to increase the protection of human and animal health against any potential risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathies (BSE). The proposals include:
(1) the removal of high risk materials from the human food and animals feed chains. These include the head, including the brain and eyes (but excluding the tongue) and spinal cord of cattle, sheep and goats over 12 months of age and the spleen of all sheep and goats;
(2) to put in legal form that which is already the practice in relation to gelatine produced from UK bovines i.e. to withdraw the possibility of export of this gelatine for the purpose of use in food, feed, cosmetics and medicinal products. The export of technical gelatine continues to be allowed;
(3) the decision of March 1996 introducing the ban on UK beef exports will be amended to clarify the rules for the re-export from the UK of beef from non UK cattle;
(4) an EU system of traceability and labelling will be introduced for all non-UK bovine derived products which are exempted from the export ban.
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