Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 sets out the detailed rules for the measures to be implemented following conformation of the presence of a TSE: These rules should be updated to reflect the detailed technical eradication provisions applied by the Member States, taking into account the opinion of the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) on the BSE related culling in cattle of 15 September 2000. The SSC concluded in this opinion that "already (entire) herd culling is having some effect both in terms of eliminating otherwise not identified cases and in terms of preventing future cases to appear.
