Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 2798

BSE: Disease Control

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 12 September 2024

Question

Richard Fuller

ConservativeNorth Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the (a) efficacy and (b) adequacy of the Over Thirty Months Scheme for cattle.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
While cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the UK are now rare, the confirmation of a new case in Scotland in May highlighted the continued importance of the robust BSE control measures we have in place that have greatly reduced the incidenc...

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