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Decree-Law No. 61/2001 amending Decree-Law No. 393-B/98 regulating the use of feedstuff against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 42 (I-A), 19 February 2001, pp. 916 and 917.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Pests/diseases Cattle Animal feed/feedstuffs Hormones/steroids Animal health
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law shall enter into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

The Decree-Law amends Decree-Law No. 393-B/98 regulating feedstuff production and use in order to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The amended articles specify prohibited and authorized additives in animal feedstuff (such as: animal and hydrolysed proteins, fish and bone meal, phosphates, etc.) in order to avoid the spreading of the aforementioned pest.

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References - Legislation

Amends

Decree-Law No. 393-B/98 prohibiting the use of proteins and fats obtained from mammal tissue in feedstuff against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Legislation | Portugal | 1998

Keyword: Pests/diseases, Cattle, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Hormones/steroids, Standards, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX