Japan: MHLW Proposes Limiting SRM Scope for Domestic Cattle

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On November 12, Japan’s Food Safety Commission (FSC) Prion Subcommittee began its review of a proposal by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to reduce the scope of specified risk materials (SRMs) for domestic cattle as part of Japan’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) countermeasures.

Japan: MHLW Proposes Limiting SRM Scope for Domestic Cattle

 

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