TAFS1 Position Paper on Slaughter Practices and the Dangers of Carcase Contamination with BSE

TAFS POSITION PAPER ON SLAUGHTER PRACTICES AND THE DANGERS OF CARCASE CONTAMINATION WITH BSE (January 09, 2004)

The recognition of BSE in any country generates concerns about the safety of beef. The issues of concern are discussed in this position paper, and indicate that subject to appropriate risk reduction measures beef can be consumed safely in all countries. TAFS Position Paper - Slaughter Practices and the Dangers of Carcase Contaminationwith BSE (157 kB) ?????????BSE ????????? TAFS ?????????

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR TSE AND FOOD SAFETY a non-profit Swiss Foundation

(January 9, 2004)

TAFS1 Position Paper on Slaughter Practices and the Dangers of Carcase Contamination with BSE

This note focuses specifically on methods currently, or recently, used to slaughter cattle and then to subsequently dress the carcase in preparation for human consumption. It considers the likelihood that the processing can increase risk to consumers of exposure to the BSE agent through consumption of bovine products, and changes to working practices that have been introduced to remove or reduce that risk.

The text relates primarily to practices that are in place in Europe, but can be used for consideration of the risks arising from related procedures in other parts of the world.

Although the document deals with potential risks associated with BSE, there is a need for a balanced approach to the evaluation of risks and the implementation of protective measures in any particular country. The cost of implementation can be massive, and cause severe disruption to slaughterhouses and allied industries. Therefore the extent to which measures are introduced should take into account the real risk to consumers in that country, and the degree of risk reduction offered by the solution(s) chosen.

The note does not address the ethical issues surrounding individual methods. It deals only with BSE related issues, and only with cattle.


How are cattle stunned?



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course tam et al figured this out a long time ago ;

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Docket #03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF -- Docket #01-033DF -- SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS BSE Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:33:20 -0600 From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov CC: Freas@cber.FDA.gov

Greetings FDA,

I would kindly like to make a submission to Federal Docket Docket #03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF and Docket #01-033DF -- TSS SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS BSE

Garland et al (1996). “Brain emboli in the lungs of cattle after stunning,” Lancet 348(9027), p. 610.).

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The injection of air through the stun bolt has the potential to significantly increase the risk. Occasionally, samples of brain material, visible to the naked eye, have been identified lodged in tissues that receive blood after passing through the heart (usually lodged in lung or occasionally liver).(Garland, et al, 1996; Garland, 1996; Munro, 1997; Taylor, 1996).


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

TAFS1 Position Paper on Specified Risk Materials (January, 2009) TAFS INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR TRANSMISSIBLE ANIMAL DISEASES AND FOOD SAFETY a non-profit Swiss Foundation(January 2009)TAFS1 Position Paper on Specified Risk Materials


http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2009/01/tafs1-position-paper-on-specified-risk.html


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