Regulation & law · 17/09/1998Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

USDA to Hold Public Meeting on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Risk Analysis

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are hosting a public meeting to assess USDA measures to prevent BSE from entering the US and threatening the nation's food supply, following a 1998 agreement with Harvard University's School of Public Health to conduct a risk analysis.