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2002-03 (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of prions being transferred to meat for consumption (a) through blood and (b) by cutting equipment in abattoirs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of prions being transferred to meat for consumption (a) through blood and (b) by cutting equipment in abattoirs.
Asked by
Paul Burstow
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Hazel Blears
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 December 2002
For answer on
16 December 2002
Answered on
16 December 2002
Mr. Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the risk of prions being
transferred to meat for consumption (a) through blood and (b) by cutting equipment in abattoirs.[Transferred] [86071]
Ms Blears: The Food Standards Agency advises me that the risk of prions being transferred to meat for consumption is currently
estimated to be low. Specified risk material (SRM) controls cover those parts of animals considered most likely to harbour any
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) infectivity. The TSE regulations require that SRM neither enters the food chain nor
comes into contact with any other animal material while in the slaughterhouse.
Ongoing research underway includes investigation of different parts of a bovine animal beyond the currently defined SRM, and their
response to an experimental challenge of BSE infected feed. This has not indicated to date that muscle tissue would itself become
infected.
The Agency is, in addition, undertaking research to evaluate the risk of prions being inadvertently transferred to meat at
abattoirs, and possible ways through which risk can be reduced. This work in progress includes the examination of alternative
cutting techniques for removal of spinal column. Results will be published once the work has been completed.
Subjects
Blood; Diseases; Disease control; Food; Equipment; Waste disposal; Slaughterhouses; BSE; CJD
Date
16 December 2002
Reference
86071; 396 c646W;396 c662W
House
House of Commons