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OIE: Boneless, Skeletal Beef From Animals Less Than 30 Months of Age Can Be Freely Traded

Boneless skeletal beef from animals less than 30 months of age can be traded regardless of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk status of its country of origin, according to the new BSE terrestrial animal health code now officially published by the World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties, OIE). The new guideline also reduces the OIE’s country risk categories to three, negligible, controlled and undetermined. The United States has not filed for classification and has thus not been assigned to a category. The new guideline, which can be read online, also classifies only the distal ileum, not the entire small intestine, as a specific risk material.

The OIE has been in existence since 1924. When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed, the 1994 agreements designated the standards, guidelines and recommendations issued by the OIE as the international reference in the field of animal diseases. The OIE’s decisions and recommendations are based on science and command great respect around the world.

BSE                                                                                                

OIE: Boneless, Skeletal Beef From Animals Less Than 30 Months of Age Can Be Freely Traded

Boneless skeletal beef from animals less than 30 months of age can be traded regardless of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk status of its country of origin, according to the new BSE terrestrial animal health code now officially published by the World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties, OIE). The new guideline also reduces the OIE’s country risk categories to three, negligible, controlled and undetermined. The United States has not filed for classification and has thus not been assigned to a category. The new guideline, which can be read online, also classifies only the distal ileum, not the entire small intestine, as a specific risk material.

The OIE has been in existence since 1924. When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed, the 1994 agreements designated the standards, guidelines and recommendations issued by the OIE as the international reference in the field of animal diseases. The OIE’s decisions and recommendations are based on science and command great respect around the world.