Group to coordinate studies of BSE and CJD

A coordinating group is to be set up by the EU to link research teams across the continent that are investigating the cause and effect of BSE and its human form, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The group would draw up a list of studies being undertaken in the EU and would circulate the information among participating research teams.

These notifications would highlight where research had discovered additional knowledge and where new projects were being launched.