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International experts to audit Canada’s BSE case

11/06/2003

Canadian officials have enlisted a team of international experts from the US, Europe and New Zealand to investigate Canada’s first case of BSE to be detected in a decade.

Dr Brian Evans, chief veterinary officer of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the inspectors would be finished by Monday, June 2 and stated that if the results of the report are positive it will be a major step towards resuming Canadian beef exports.

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