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(BRUSSELS) - Europe has nearly wiped out mad cow disease, the EU's executive said Friday as it proposed to end the systematic killing of entire herds when a sick cow is discovered.
"The European Union has made great progress in its battle against BSE and we are finally on the brink of eradicating the disease within the Union," said European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli.
Fears that mad cow was linked to a brain-wasting disease among humans who ate tainted beef sparked a panic in the 1990s and a decade-long EU ban on beef from Britain, the epicentre of the outbreak.
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http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/madcow-food-safety.5l7
"The European Union has made great progress in its battle against BSE and we are finally on the brink of eradicating the disease within the Union," said European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli.
Fears that mad cow was linked to a brain-wasting disease among humans who ate tainted beef sparked a panic in the 1990s and a decade-long EU ban on beef from Britain, the epicentre of the outbreak.
...
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/madcow-food-safety.5l7