Ivor Callely
Ceist:221 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of outbreaks of BSE to date in 1996; and the method of disposal of the herds involved. [11099/96]
Written Answers. - BSE Incidence.
Twelve cases of BSE have been confirmed to date in 1996. Currently the herds in which BSE occurs are destroyed by slaughter of the animals and rendering of the carcases into meat and bone meal.