Haulers, handlers to comply with tougher BSE law
OTTAWA — Truckers, abattoirs, and other handlers of slaughtered cattle parts are facing tighter rules this summer for the transportation and disposal of the material.
Starting July 12 those companies will be required to obtain a hauling and handling permit from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), reports the Winnipeg Free Press.
The material is considered to have high-risk susceptibility to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) protein known to concentrate at the time cattle is slaughtered until it is disposed of, according to the Free Press.
CFIA officials say the permits will be free.
However, handlers are required to take even further precautions to isolate the material and must retain transportation for 10 years.
— from the Winnipeg Free Press
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