The recycling
of inadequately processed ruminant by-products from BSE infected
animals is considered as the main reason of the bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in ruminants. Therefore a EU
wide "feed ban" was put in place prohibiting at present the
use of animal proteins in feed intended not only to ruminants
but to all farmed animals which are kept, fattened and bred
for the production of food.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003 of 10 July 2003 amending Annexes I, IV and XI to Regulation
(EC) 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) 1326/2001 as regards
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding.
Commission working document with regard to the state of play on
the prohibitions to feed animal protein to farmed animals to prevent
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Background Documents :
Intercomparison study for the determination of processed animal proteins including meat and bone meal
in animal feed.
The Effective Feed Ban:
Guidance note for third countries, 18 July 2001 updated
Archives :
Commission Decision 2002/248/EC of 27 March 2002 amending
Council Decision 2000/766/EC and Commission Decision 2001/9/EC
with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
and the feeding of animal proteins.
Commission Decision 2001/165/EC of 27 February 2001,
amending as regards hydrolysed proteins Decision 2001/9/EC
concerning control measures required for the implementation
of Council Decision 2000/766/EC concerning certain protection
measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
and the feeding of animal protein.
Commission Decision 2001/9 of 29 December 2000 concerning control measures required for the
implementation of Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000, concerning certain protection
measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein.
Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000, concerning certain protection measures with
regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein.
