Written question asked by Baroness Browning (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2000. It was answered by Baroness Quin (Labour) on Thursday, 14 December 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
- Question
- To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the scientific tests used by other EU countries to test for BSE in slaughtered bovines. - Includes figure. (Holding answer 11 December 2000).
- Answer
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Mrs. Browning: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the scientific tests used by other EU countries to test for BSE in slaughtered bovines. [141716] Ms Quin: [holding answer 11 December 2000]: The European Commission has undertaken an evaluation of a number of rapid BSE tests. Three tests were found to perform well in the evaluation exercise in 1999 and have been adopted by other EU countries to test for BSE in slaughtered bovines. These are tests developed by Prionics, Enfer Scientific and CEA. These are in addition to the more traditional, less rapid tests of histopathology, immunocytochemistry and, electronmicroscopy for scrapie associated fibrils.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 359 c219W;359 c217W; 141716
- Session
- 2000-01
- Subjects
- Cattle EU countries Disease control Testing BSE
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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