# EU legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and on related feed and food controls - implementation and outlook

European Parliament procedure 2010/2249(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 36 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2011-05-04 and 2011-05-04.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report reviews EU legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and related feed and food controls. The amendments note the sharp fall in BSE cases, debate raising age limits for testing bovine animals, address lifting the feed ban on processed animal proteins for non-ruminants subject to safeguards against cross-contamination, reject feeding such proteins to ruminants, raise the EU protein deficit, scrapie genetic control, cohort culling, and stricter feed controls.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst SCHNELLHARDT | Germany | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1930.md |
| Michèle RIVASI | France | Verts/ALE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96743.md |
| James NICHOLSON | United Kingdom | ECR | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1318.md |
| Elena Oana ANTONESCU | Romania | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96702.md |
| Esther DE LANGE | Netherlands | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38398.md |
| Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT | Germany | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1183.md |
| Marit PAULSEN | Sweden | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4270.md |
| Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ | Spain | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96989.md |
| Sergio BERLATO | Italy | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4746.md |

## Official source documents

- PE462.890: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-462.890+03+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2010-2249-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2010-2249-INI.json

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