BSE GBR ASSESSMENTS
EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR) of the United States of America (USA)
Last updated: 19 July 2005
Adopted July 2004 (Question N° EFSA-Q-2003-083)
Report
Summary
Summary of the Scientific Report
The European Food Safety Authority and its Scientific Expert Working Group on the Assessment of the Geographical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Risk (GBR) were asked by the European Commission (EC) to provide an up-to-date scientific report on the GBR in the United States of America, i.e. the likelihood of the presence of one or more cattle being infected with BSE, pre-clinically as well as clinically, in USA. This scientific report addresses the GBR of USA as assessed in 2004 based on data covering the period 1980-2003.
The BSE agent was probably imported into USA and could have reached domestic cattle in the middle of the eighties. These cattle imported in the mid eighties could have been rendered in the late eighties and therefore led to an internal challenge in the early nineties. It is possible that imported meat and bone meal (MBM) into the USA reached domestic cattle and leads to an internal challenge in the early nineties.
A processing risk developed in the late 80s/early 90s when cattle imports from BSE risk countries were slaughtered or died and were processed (partly) into feed, together with some imports of MBM. This risk continued to exist, and grew significantly in the mid 90’s when domestic cattle, infected by imported MBM, reached processing. Given the low stability of the system, the risk increased over the years with continued imports of cattle and MBM from BSE risk countries.
EFSA concludes that the current GBR level of USA is III, i.e. it is likely but not confirmed that domestic cattle are (clinically or pre-clinically) infected with the BSE-agent. As long as there are no significant changes in rendering or feeding, the stability remains extremely/very unstable. Thus, the probability of cattle to be (pre-clinically or clinically) infected with the BSE-agent persistently increases.
Publication date: 20 August 2004
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573_it.html
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573/sr03_biohaz02_usa_report_summary_en1.pdf
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573/sr03_biohaz02_usa_report_v2_en1.pdf
EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR) of Mexico
Adopted July 2004 (Question N° EFSA-Q-2003-083)
[Last updated 08 September 2004]
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/565/sr04_biohaz02_mexico_report_v2_en1.pdf
EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR) of the United States of America (USA)
Adopted July 2004 (Question N° EFSA-Q-2003-083)
[Last updated 08 September 2004]
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573/sr03_biohaz02_usa_report_v2_en1.pdf
EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR) of Canada
Adopted July 2004 (Question N° EFSA-Q-2003-083)
[Last updated 08 September 2004]
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/564/sr02_biohaz02_canada_report_v2_en1.pdf
THE big difference here is the blatant cover-up the USDA tried with there infamous june 2004 enhanced bse surveillance program. OIE is a big part of the problem, they folded to GWs 'industrial friendly' ways when they went along the the BSE MRR policy and did away with abiding by EFSA BSE GBR risk assessments. it was nothing more than a legal tool to trade all strains of TSE globally, and believe me, the countries following through with this will be the ones to suffer the most. they will become infected with the different strains of TSE that have been circulating in the USA for decades. you see, the USA is most unique, we have the most documented TSE in the most documented species than any other country, all of which have been rendered and fed back to humans, and animals for human consumption. you see, this is like what the UK did with BSE when they exported there poison all over the globe, but GW just made it legal with his BSE MRR policy. ...TSS