An expert panel has been set up by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) to assess the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, entering the food supply of the two countries.
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The committee, which is made up of scientists, food technologists and food regulation experts, will study the risk to human health resulting from exposure to BSE or mad cow disease through the consumption of beef and beef products.
“I expect scientific advice, for example, on what constitutes an infective dose of BSE and whether and how the BSE agent can be totally inactivated in food,” said ANZFA managing director Ian Lindenmayer.
“I also want the group to advise ANZFA on whether BSE can be naturally transmitted to sheep and goats. In addition, the expert group will be asked to advise on the current scientific view that there is little risk of exposure to the BSE agent from milk and dairy products, gelatin, fats and tallow sourced from BSE risk countries.”
BSE is thought to be the cause of vCJD and has killed about 90 people in the United Kingdom.
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