Cattle Parts Banned in Animal Feed
US - New rules were finalised yesterday preventing certain cattle materials from being used in animal feed, due to fears of spreading mad cow disease.
24 April 2008
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According to Reuters, the US Food and Drug Administration, which oversees animal feed, said excluding high-risk materials from cattle 30 months of age or older from all animal feed will prevent any accidental cross-contamination between ruminant feed (intended for animals such as cattle) and non-ruminant feed or feed ingredients.
The new rule takes effect in April, 2009.
Contamination could occur during manufacture, transport or through the accidental misfeeding of non-ruminant feed to ruminant animals.
Canada and the United States banned the inclusion of protein from cows and other ruminant animals such as goats and sheep in cattle feed in 1997, following a mad cow outbreak in Britain.
The measure issued today finalizes a proposed rule opened for public comment in October 2005. It goes into effect on April 23, 2009.
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