Press Statement: EFSA update on TSE in sheep

The Community Reference Laboratory (CRL), in March 2005, notified the European Commission of the results of a second level of testing for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) of samples from one sheep from Cyprus and two sheep from France. Although a second level of testing could not classify any of the samples conclusively as BSE in sheep, there was insufficient evidence to definitively rule out the presence of BSE. Therefore, a more comprehensive third test would be carried out in order to determine the types of TSE in question.

• Primary Source

European Food Safety Authority: Press Statement, 14.3.06 http://www.efsa.europa.eu/press_room/press_statements/1388/state_biohaz_bse_sheep_en1.pdf

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