APHIS to Loosen BSE Restrictions on Bovines, Bovine Products From Four Countries

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is loosening requirements on importation of bovines and bovine products from Poland, Croatia, Scotland and Northern Ireland, it said in a notice. APHIS will reclassify the four countries as having negligible risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, concurring with recommendations recently issued by the World Organization for Animal Health, the agency said. Poland, Croatia, Scotland and Northern Ireland were previously classified as having controlled risk of BSE, a category for which imports face tighter restrictions.