What additional measures are being taken to ensure food safety in the U.S. from BSE?
7Since 1989, the FDA and other federal agencies have had ongoing regulatory measures in place to prevent BSE contamination of U.S. food and food products since 1989. Following the identification in a Washington state dairy herd of the BSE-positive cow imported from Canada, the USDA has issued four new regulations containing additional safeguards to further minimize risk for introduction of the BSE agent into the U.S. food supply. These safeguards include: • A ban on use of live, but non-ambulatory cattle from entering the human food supply • A ban on use of organs, from cattle older than 30 months, in which infectious prions occur and the tonsils and small intestine of cattle of all ages for human food • Restrictions on techniques to mechanically remove meat from bones, and • Meat from tested animals will not be certified as USDA-inspected until test results are final. See the USDA website www.usda.gov for further information. FDA fully supports the safety policies announced by the USD
Since 1989, the FDA and other federal agencies have had ongoing regulatory measures in place to prevent BSE contamination of U.S. food and food products since 1989. Following the identification in a Washington state dairy herd of the BSE-positive cow imported from Canada, the USDA has issued four new regulations containing additional safeguards to further minimize risk for introduction of the BSE agent into the U.S. food supply. These safeguards include: a. A ban on use of live, but non-ambulatory cattle from entering the human food supply b. A ban on use of organs, from cattle older than 30 months, in which infectious prions occur and the tonsils and small intestine of cattle of all ages for human food c. Restrictions on techniques to mechanically remove meat from bones, and d. Meat from tested animals will not be certified as USDA-inspected until test results are final. See the USDA website www.usda.gov for further information. FDA fully supports the safety policies announced by the
