Bavaria wants to push the killing of cohort animals to the end of the useful life

The use of female cohort animals for breeding and milk production should no longer be ruled out. As Health Minister Werner Schnappauf explained, Bavaria will launch a corresponding Federal Council initiative. "Consumer protection against BSE must remain at a high level. Cohort animals must therefore continue to be prevented from entering the food chain and must be disposed of harmlessly. However, according to scientific knowledge, the use of these animals for breeding and milk production is considered harmless for consumer safety." , stressed Schnappauf.

With the proposed Bundesrat resolution, the federal government should be called upon to campaign for a corresponding legal change in the EU. So far, AI bulls, which can be used for breeding until the end of their useful life, have been excluded from the immediate killing requirement. This exception in EU law goes back to a decision by the International Organization for Epizootics (OIE). At the same time, the OIE advocated the use of female cohort animals. However, this has not yet been transposed into EU law. Cohort animals are animals in a herd that were born one year before or after the "BSE animal" or were reared together in the first year of life.

Source: Munich [stmugv]