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". – Mr President, the extended feed ban remains in force as a transitional measure until 30 June 2003. By that time, the feed ban should be reviewed. The review will take into account the forthcoming animal by-products regulation, the correct practical implementation of measures to control the feed ban, evolving scientific evidence and the availability of control methods.
The Commission services are already carefully examining the potential impact of different options for revising the feed ban but it is too early to predict the outcome of that exercise.
The implementation of the feed ban in the Member States is being monitored systematically by regular inspections carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office. The FVO reports highlight the considerable efforts made by Member States to implement the rules. However, where any weaknesses are identified specific recommendations are made after each inspection to further improve the controls.
The Commission has on several occasions expressed its concerns about the safe transport, storage and destruction of meat-and-bone meal. For this reason the adoption of the animal by-products regulation will be much welcomed. It creates a legal framework for the safe disposal of meat-and-bone meal by incineration, burial or landfill. It also lays down the rules for the safe use of meat-and-bone meal as fertiliser, in biogas production and in animal feeding. At present, meat-and-bone meal can only be used in pet food or in feed for animals.
The new control framework created by the animal by-products regulation opens up the possibility of revising the present prohibition on the use of meat-and-bone meal. The animal by-products regulation includes provisions on channelling and traceability which will ensure that the present stocks of meat-and-bone meal cannot fraudulently be reintroduced into the feed chain. Specified risk materials must already be marked as soon as they are removed from the carcasses, stored separately and finally destroyed.
The Commission is co-financing a research programme with two main objectives: firstly, harmonisation of the feed ban controlled by classical microscopy as well as improving its efficiency and secondly the development and validation of new methods based on alternative techniques.
The Commission is following the results of this research programme as well as private initiatives in this field closely and will take the results into account when reviewing the feed ban.
Whatever the outcome of the revision of the feed ban may be, I can assure you that the Commission will not reauthorise the use of meat-and-bone meal in animal feed unless every possible risk to consumers and animals can be excluded and the provisions can be controlled properly."@en1
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