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"en.20021022.7.2-200"2
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". – The Commission attaches great importance to the correct removal of specified risk material, since it is one of the most important ways of protecting the health of consumers against the related risk of BSE. In addition to being an unacceptable threat to health, these incidents also serve to undermine consumer confidence in the effectiveness of the Community measures relating to BSE.
According to Regulation 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001, laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain BSEs, specified risk material must be removed at the slaughterhouse or, in case of the vertebral column of bovine animals, at the cutting plant. Carcasses, half-carcasses and quarter-carcasses containing no specified risk material other than the vertebral column may be dispatched to another Member State. In the latter case, the removal of the vertebral column should take place at the cutting plant in the Member State of destination. Shortcomings in the proper implementation of the removal of specified risk material, in particular spinal cord, have been reported in carcasses produced in different Member States: Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Italy.
The Commission has on several occasions reminded the Member States of the importance of properly implementing the removal of specified risk material. In the case of recurrence, the Commission has requested strong action, such as suspending the licences of the plants responsible or introducing corrective measures. The Commission has requested that it be informed of the corrective measures taken.
In subsequent inspections carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office on BSE and BSE-related matters in the Member States, the removal of SRMs has been found to be reasonably satisfactory, with minor deficiencies relating mainly to technical and operational difficulties. The Commission is also funding a research project to find alternative and more effective ways to remove the spinal cord. This project is nearly finished.
The Commission is closely following the situation and will, if necessary, remind all the Member States of the obligation to remove the spinal cord of bovine animals aged over 12 months. Implementation of the corrective measures notified by the Member States to remedy the situation will be further assessed by the Food and Veterinary Office.
Finally, it should be borne in mind that the vertebral column is currently defined as specified risk material in carcasses from bovine animals aged over 12 months in all Member States except Portugal and the United Kingdom. Any remnants of spinal cord in the vertebral column should therefore already have been automatically removed as specified risk material at the place of destination before sale to the consumer."@en1
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