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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
RT-PCR assay identifies BSE risk material in meat and meat products
October 23rd, 2005
Real-time RT-PCR assay is used to identify bovine spongiform encephalopathy risk material in meat and meat products. "The emergence of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease during the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic has focused attention on the use of tissues from the central nervous system (CNS) in food. "For efficient consumer protection, European legislation prohibits several bovine tissues, encompassing mainly the central nervous system, from the food chain," researchers in Germany report. "A quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was designed to identify bovine...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2005-10-23)
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