(a) the production techniques used for making feedingstuffs did not include sterilization and inactivation of the BSE or scrapie agents, and failed to prevent cross-contamination with mammal-derived proteins of all types of meal intended for livestock (the latter, although outlawed for ruminants, were still being used in the production of feedingstuffs for other animal species);
(a) De technieken voor de vervaardiging van veevoeder boden geen waarborg voor sterilisatie of inactivering van het BSE- of scrapie-agens.