Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implications for physicians
Table 2: Recommendations from the World Health Organization101,107
No part of any animal displaying signs of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy should enter any food chain
All countries should have a BSE* surveillance and notification program.
Where BSE exists, any tissue likely to contain the agent of BSE should not enter any food chain.
All countries should ban the use of ruminant tissue in ruminant feed.
Research on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies should be promoted.
*BSE = bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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