Ireland has highest BSE safety rating

A landmark decision by the World Animal Health Organisation to recognise Ireland as a country having a negligible risk for BSE was welcomed yesterday by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.
Ireland has highest BSE safety rating

He said it reflected the huge progress made over many years in eradicating this disease from the national cattle herd.

“BSE had caused very considerable disruption to trade in the beef sector in the past and the measures taken both to protect public health and to eradicate the disease had imposed very considerable costs on the beef sector,” he said. Mr Coveney said the next step in the process is to give practical and legal effect to the decision at EU level.

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