Enhanced Animal Health Protection from BSE

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is enhancing regulations to more quickly eliminate bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, from Canada.

In infected cattle, BSE concentrates in certain tissues known as specified risk material (SRM). As a public health protection, these tissues are removed from all cattle slaughtered for human consumption. To limit BSE spread among cattle, the Government of Canada banned most proteins, including SRM, from cattle feed in 1997. To provide further animal health protection, as of July 12, 2007, SRM are also banned from all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers.

If you handle, transport or dispose of cattle carcasses, you have new responsibilities as of July 12, 2007. It is important that you are prepared. Select the category that applies to you to learn more:

• Abattoirs
• Bovine practitioners
• Cattle auction markets
• Cattle producers
• Diagnostic laboratories
• Feed for pets or other animals/Feed manufacturers
• Fertilizers and supplements
• Fish by-product renderers
• Public/Retailers
• Transporters
• Waste management facilities

To order hard copies of Enhanced Animal Protection from BSE materials, call 1-800-442-2342.

Permits

• SRM permit instructions
• Temporary Permits for the Landfill Sites
• Temporary permits for SRM composting

Fact Sheet

• Enhanced Animal Health Protection from BSE

Feature Articles - Available for Use by Media

• Disposing of SRM
• Preparing Producers for July 12
• Scenarios for Canadian Cattle Producers

News Releases

• 2007-07-12 - Canada's New Animal Feed Regulations Come into Force
• 2007-06-15 - CFIA Encourages Early Preparedness for Enhanced Feed Ban
• 2007-03-15 - Canadian Food Inspection Agency Launches Feed Ban

Questions and Answers

• Enhanced Feed Ban

Reference material for CFIA inspectors

• Animal Health Feed Ban Controls