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Change: Food Standards Agency [edited] [BITES] The Agency has been notified that meat from two cattle, which should have been tested for BSE due to their age have entered the food supply. This is a breach of current BSE controls. One animal, born and reared in   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3874)

Change: One animal, born and reared in the UK, was aged 57 months and another, born in Estonia and slaughtered in the UK, was aged 37   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3871)

Change: Although one new case vCJE have been recorded during the past month, this is still consistent with the view that the vCJD outbreak in the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3295)

Change: The number of suspected cases of vCJD referred to the CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh, and the number of deaths of definite and probable cases   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2733)

Change: This situation is consistent with the view that the vCJD outbreak in the UK is in decline. The 1st cases were observed in 1995, and   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2376)

Change:  Czech state veterinarians said on Friday [27 Mar 2009] they had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a 6-year-old cow on a farm near the northern border with Poland. Spain reports fifth human death from mad cow disease 06 Mar 2009 AFP [edited][iFSN] It   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1662)

Change:  The number of suspect cases of vCJD referred to the CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh and the number of deaths of definite and probable variant   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1515)

Change:  It is reported that a 3rd person in the Netherlands died of the human variant of mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD), at the beginning of   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1205)

Change:  The increased risks to human health estimated by the model from raising the age at which healthy slaughtered cattle are tested for BSE (up to   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 5)