Traduction de «malattia delle ossa fragili » (Italien → Anglais) :

It was first diagnosed in the UK in 1986. It reached epidemic proportions due to the inclusion in cattle feed of meat and bone meal produced from animal carcasses.

(12) Whereas Portugal has taken measures as notified to the Commission on 12 October 1998, including measures to prohibit the incorporation of meat-and-bone meal in any animal feed and to require the destruction of meat-and-bone meal; whereas subsequently commitments were given to recall and destroy any stocks of meat-and-bone meal, and of animal feed that contains meat-and-bone meal, present in animal waste processing establishments, feedingstuff producing plants, agricultural establishments or any other place; whereas those measures are considered to reduce the risk of propagating the disease through animal feed;

However, the Scientific Steering Committee has identified potential risks in the light of factors such as past imports of live bovines and meat and bone meal from the United Kingdom and other BSE affected countries, the feeding of mammalian meat and bone meal to ruminants, animal by-product rendering practices, BSE surveillance and education measures etc..

Many third countries have already, for example, implemented measures applied in the EU such as bans on the feeding of mammalian meat and bone meal to ruminants, testing of bovines for BSE, improved surveillance and education measures on BSE etc.

There is a potential risk from meat and bone meal from the UK exported to non-Member States which might then be reimported into the EU, or cause disease in the country concerned.