BSE testing on cattle slaughtered for food 'no longer necessary'

BSE testing on carcasses of healthy cattle slaughtered for food should end, the Food  Standards Agency has advised ministers.

 The agency board says the regime is no longer necessary as other safeguards  including the removal of the most risky parts of animals from food and banning animal protein in  cattle feed should be sufficient to protect consumers.

 Testing will also continue on animals that die for reasons other than for  human food. The recommendation marks the end of an era, 26 years after the first  BSE case was found in Sussex in 1986 and 16 years after the first linked cases  of variant CJD in humans were identified.
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