Oldtimer

You might try asking Leo McDonnell  :???:  He must have studied the policies of Israel, Austria, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to write his little reports.  Kato offered the Canadian fact sheet, if you still can't grasp it by all means feel free to visit;

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/bseesbindexe.shtml

>>>>> and a search on the OIE site .... 500 plus pages in the search results!

Oldtimer these might help you with your "---And exactly what is being removed where, and why?"

http://www.oie.int/search/search.asp?SearchString=specified+risk+materials+bse&action=search&SearchStringh=&pg=&help=0&lang=en&slang=en

Oldtimer

Are you and R-calf just looking to discuss and decide what consitutes SRM's in the U.S.  or are you taking it upon yourselves to decide for all the countries of the World.  167 Member Countries in the OIE (who's standards are recognized by the World Trade Organization) and a R-calf "trial"  will discuss and decide.......  :???:  :shock:

 press releases - sorry not from r-calf

http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_040109.htm

http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_031002.htm

 Or is this (OIE) all irrelevant theory and we should just heed r-calf's word at "the trial"?  :wink: