Comments on: The opinion of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (Afssa) on changes to the control measures for sheep and goat herds in which a case of classical or atypical scrapie has been detected. Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards & Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety

The Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (Afssa) was asked by the Direction général de l’alimentation (DGAI) to comment on various proposals made by the CES ESST (expert committee on TSEs) in the EC TSE Roadmap. On January 24rd 2007, the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Panel on Biological Hazards and Panel on Animal Health and Animal welfare) received a request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority for comments on Afssa’s opinion. In response, an ad hoc Working Group of experts was appointed with the mandate to draft a note regarding this issue.