Manure Matters, Volume 10, Number 3

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Date of this Version

2004

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Published by University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Livestock Environmental Issues Committee.

Abstract

New BSE Rule Will Change Re-Feeding of Poultry Litter to Ruminants

The Food and Drug Administration announced on January 26, 2004 several new public health measures, to be implemented, to strengthen significantly the multiple existing firewalls that protect Americans from exposure to the agent thought to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) and that help prevent the spread of BSE in U.S. cattle. One of those changes will impact how re-feeding of waste to animals is allowed.
To implement these new protections, FDA will publish two interim final rules that will take effect immediately upon publication, although there will be an opportunity for public comment after publication.