This submission is intended to provide appropriate information to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) on the BSE status of Vanuatu to enable a risk assessment to be conducted for the existing trade in beef imports from Vanuatu into Australia. The submission is made in accordance with the FSANZ Imported Food Notice 06/11 regarding the end of interim arrangements under Australia’s BSE Food Safety Policy on June 30 2011.

Key words: meat and bone meal, greaves, BSE, stock feeds, veterinary service, infection, bovine, beef, diagnostics, food standards

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