Volume 3: The Early Years, 1986-88
6. Notification of the ruminant feed ban to other countries
The CVO's Annual Report, July 1989

6.45 Also during 1989 the CVO's Annual Report for 1988 was published. ¹ Mr Meldrum told the Inquiry that the CVO's Annual Report is circulated around the world and is also reported on and summarised in the Veterinary Record. For example, the 1988 Annual Report was summarised in the Veterinary Record on 4 November 1989. ² The 1988 Annual Report included a description of the BSE situation and action taken by MAFF, with the following reference to the ruminant feed ban: 'In addition, the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988 banned the use of protein of ruminant origin in feed for ruminants from 18 July to 31 December 1988. This precaution was taken pending a thorough review of the ability of the rendering industry to inactivate the BSE agent.' ³