This proposal was submitted to the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), which reported on the proposal on 9 December 1997, 23 January 1998 and, in the form of a final report on a revised proposal, on 20 February 1998. The SSC recommended amongst others that th
e date-based export scheme should be combined with the compulsory slaughter of offspring of BSE-cases, that the scheme should be limited to deboned meat of cattle between 6 and 30 months of age and that evidence should be provided that the dam survived 6 months after the birth of the animal from which the products are derived. It also recommended that the ultimate acceptability of t
...[+++]he programme should depend on documentation on effective implementation and monitoring of the feed ban, the selective cull and tracing and identification systems of animals and products thereof.Il recommande également que l'acceptation du programme dépende de l'attestation de la mise en oeuvre et de la surveillance effective de l'interdiction d'administrer les aliments en cause, ainsi que des systèmes d'abattage et de traçage sélectifs et d'identification des animaux et des produits dérivés.