OIE GUIDELINES
The OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) is an intergovernmental organization created in 1924. As of 2021, the OIE membership represents a total of 182 Countries and Territories.
Global Disease Transparency
Ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation
Global Disease Transparency
Ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation
Scientific Information Sharing
Collect, analyze and disseminate veterinary scientific information
Trade-Safe Health Standards
Safeguard world trade by publishing health standards for international trade in animals and animal products
Strengthening Veterinary Services
Improve the legal framework and resources of national Veterinary Services Organizations
Food Safety & Animal Welfare
Provide a better guarantee of food of animal origin and promote animal welfare through a science-based approach
OIE Position on BSE and Blood Products
According to the OIE (World Animal Health Organization), there is no risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) being transmitted in several products, including milk, hides and skins, deboned meat, and blood and blood by-products, such as fetal bovine serum (OIE Terrestrial Code 11.4 BSE).
Most OIE member countries have adopted this position, including the European Union and the United States (USDA). For some time, BSE was used as an argument favouring certain origins. After the OIE determined that BSE was not transmitted by blood products, these arguments have become obsolete.1
Footnotes
- Terrestrial Animal Health Code: https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/