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". – The current EC legislation lays down a minimum of 71.7 degrees centigrade for 15 seconds for the pasteurisation of drinking milk and/or pasteurised milk products.
This combination is known to be effective for foot-and-mouth disease and other known animal health, public health and zoonosis risks. However, Directive 92/46/EEC allows any equivalent pasteurisation time/temperature combination, provided it offers the same level of food safety.
The issue of possible links between Crohn's disease and paratuberculosis was reviewed by the Scientific Committee of Animal Health and Animal Welfare in its report adopted on 21 March 2000. It concluded that insufficient data were available to determine epidemiological links between both diseases and no specific time/temperature combination for pasteurisation of milk which would inactivate the agent of paratuberculosis was recommended.
The scientific data available to the Commission indicate that no precise time/temperature treatment has been identified which would completely destroy MAP in milk. In addition, the Commission has funded a project, SACROHN – improvement of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis and Crohn's disease, which commenced on 1 October 2000. The total cost of the project is EUR 3 million. The Community contribution is EUR 1 639 151. The project duration is 36 months. It is funded by the Life Quality Control of Infectious Diseases programme.
No concrete results are available from that source to confirm any link between MAP and Crohn's disease. However the consortium is heavily involved in developing new detection methods based on new molecular technologies and culture techniques. Such technologies are being used by the research consortia to facilitate the detection of MAP in milk and intestinal biopsies of Crohn's disease patients.
Efforts are also focused on using molecular typing techniques to establish any possible links between ruminant sources of MAP and the aetiology of Crohn's disease. The project continues until October 2003. Results will be made available at regular intervals. More information can be found on the website.
In the event of new scientific data coming to light, the Commission would of course be prepared to take any necessary measures in response."@en1
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