# Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Division 3: Exposure assessment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The exposure assessment shall consist of assessing the likelihood of exposure of bovine animals to the BSE agent, through a consideration of the following:
(a) recycling and amplification of the BSE agent through consumption by bovine animals of meat-and-bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin, or other feed or feed ingredients contaminated with these;
(b) the use of ruminant carcasses (including from fallen stock), by-products and slaughterhouse waste, the parameters of the rendering processes and the methods of animal feed manufacture;
(c) the feeding or not of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants, including measures to prevent cross-contamination of animal feed;
(d) the level of surveillance for BSE conducted on the bovine animals population to that time and the results of that surveillance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/II/chapter/B/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-II/chapter-B/division-3
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