Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

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05/20/04	BSE Surveillance
02/09/04	BSE Updates
01/21/04	USDA Actions to Prevent BSE (Time Line)
01-21-04	BSE Q & A's
01/20/04	BSE Chronology
01/14/04	Q and A for Rapid BSE Test
10/31/03	Approved Ports-of Entry for Commercial Permitted Commodities (PDF)
10/22/03	Low Risk Canadian Products (PDF)
10/08/03	Approved Ports-of-Entry for Commercial Permitted Commodities (PDF)
05/30/03	APHIS Letter to the Editor—BSE Crosses the Atlantic (PDF)
04/22/03	Report to Congress on BSE Prevention (PDF) Appendix (PDF)
06/17/02	Cancellation of Commercial Import Permits for Ruminant Materials Originating in Countries Considered to be Affected With or Have a Significant Risk Associated With Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (PDF)
01/15/02	Current Thinking On Measures That Could Be Implemented To Minimize Human Exposure To Materials That Could Potentially Contain the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Agent (PDF)
02/02	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Factsheet)
10/01	BSE: An Overview (PDF) (Brochure)
01/01	Questions and Answers: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Overview
	Bovine Spongiform Response Plan Summary (PDF)

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