Latest Canadian BSE Case May Affect OIE Status Change
Latest Canadian BSE Case May Affect OIE Status Change
With the confirmation this week of Canada’s 17th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), it is expected that any upgrade to Canada’s international risk status will be further delayed.
This latest case of BSE was traced to an animal born in February 2004, making it Canada's latest-born case. The new case pushes back the earliest date for an upgrade to Canada's controlled risk status from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to 2016, according to Ted Haney, president of the Canada Beef Export Federation. Application to the OIE for negligible risk status cannot be made earlier than 11 years after the latest-born case of BSE. The process then takes about one year.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
Latest Canadian BSE Case May Affect OIE Status Change
With the confirmation this week of Canada’s 17th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), it is expected that any upgrade to Canada’s international risk status will be further delayed.
This latest case of BSE was traced to an animal born in February 2004, making it Canada's latest-born case. The new case pushes back the earliest date for an upgrade to Canada's controlled risk status from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to 2016, according to Ted Haney, president of the Canada Beef Export Federation. Application to the OIE for negligible risk status cannot be made earlier than 11 years after the latest-born case of BSE. The process then takes about one year.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.