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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

BSE Press Releases, Statements and Reports

07/02/04 Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford,
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
06/30/04 Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford,
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
06/29/04 Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford,
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
06/25/04 Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford,
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
05/12/04 United States and Japan To Hold First BSE Technical Working Group Meeting
05/11/04 USDA Certifies Five New Laboratories for BSE Sample Analysis
05/05/04 Update by Dr. Peter Fernandez, Associate Administrator, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service and Dr. Barbara Masters, Acting Administrator, Food Safety & Inspection Service (PDF)
05/05/04 Policy Statement Regarding BSE Sampling of Condemned Cattle at Slaughter Plants – for Immediate Implementation (PDF)
03/29/04 USDA Certifies Seven Laboratories for BSE Sample Analysis
03/26/04

USDA Provides Updates to Foreign Chief Veterinary Officers on BSE Actions  
| Letter | Enclosure 1 | Enclosure 2 | List of Countries

03/15/04 Veneman Announces Expanded BSE Surveillance Program,
03/04/04 USDA Reopens Comment Period For Proposal
03/04/04 Explanatory Note: Risk Analysis (PDF)
02/13/04 Report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases: Measures Relating to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the United States (PDF)
  Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases 2004-2005 Committee Members (PDF)
02/04/04 Report on Measures Relating To Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States (PDF)
01/06/04 USDA Officials Meet With Counterparts in Mexico
10/31/03 USDA Issues Proposed Rule to Allow Live Animal Imports From Canada—Releases Risk Assessment by Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
08/08/03 Veneman Announces that Import Permit Applications for Certain Ruminant Products From Canada Will Be Accepted
07/18/03 Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman Regarding Canada's Decision to Remove Specified Risk Material From Food Products
06/20/03 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman Regarding U.S. Beef Trade Issues
06/06/03 Backgrounder-Canada BSE Situation
05/20/03 Canada BSE Announcement - Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
05/20/03 BSE Case in Canada—00:00:59 audio real mp3 wave
05/20/03 Actuality: USDA`S Preventative Measures Aginst BSE
00:00:30 audio real mp3 wave
05/20/03 Actuality: Comments on Canadian BSE Case—00:00:11 audio real mp3 wave
01/15/03 USDA Marks Progress on BSE Prevention Action Steps
Triples Number of Tests for BSE
02/26/02
USDA Response to GAO Recommendations on BSE Prevention
02/26/02 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman Regarding The GAO Report on BSE
02/26/02 Administration Continues to Strengthen BSE Protection Systems. Announces Status Report of Actions, Including Doubling of Testing for BSE in Cattle, Following the Harvard BSE Risk Assessment
 

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