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. 2008 Jul 15;6(7):719. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.719

TSE risk assessment from carcasses of ovine and caprine animals below 6 months of age from TSE infected flocks intended for human consumption ‐ Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards on a request from the European Commission on a TSE risk assessment from carcasses of ovine and caprine animals below 6 months of age from TSE infected flocks intended for human consumption. The EFSA Journal (2008) 719, 1–27

Panel members: Olivier Andreoletti, Herbert Budka, Sava Buncic, Pierre Colin, John D Collins, Aline De Koeijer, John Griffin, Arie Havelaar, James Hope, Günter Klein, Hilde Kruse, Simone Magnino, Antonio Martínez López, James McLauchlin, Christophe Nguyen‐The, Karsten Noeckler, Birgit Noerrung, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Terence Roberts, Ivar Vågsholm, Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch.

Acknowledgement: The European Food Safety Authority wishes to thank the members of the Working Group for the preparation of this opinion: Olivier Andreoletti, Herbert Budka, Anne Buschmann, James Hope (Chairman), Ciriaco Ligios and Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch. The Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards would like to acknowledge Christian Ducrot for providing some comments on the prevalence of Classical and Atypical Scrapie in the EU.

Adoption date: 5 June 2008

Published date: 15 July 2008

Question number: EFSA‐Q‐2007‐202

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