| Item No. |
Time |
Item |
Presenter |
Paper No. |
| 1 |
09.30 |
Introduction |
SEAC Chair |
|
| 2 |
09.35 |
Approval of draft minutes from SEAC 98 |
SEAC Chair |
SEAC 99/1  |
| 3 |
09.40 |
Current issues |
SEAC Chair |
SEAC 99/6  |
| 4 |
09.50 |
Report from the SEAC Sheep Subgroup |
Professor C Higgins (Subgroup Chair) |
SEAC 99/2  |
| 5 |
10.10 |
Scientific basis for relaxation of classical scrapie controls |
Mr P Burke (Defra) |
SEAC 99/3  |
| 6 |
10.40 |
Consideration of various options relating to relaxation of the total feed ban |
Mr P Burke (Defra) |
SEAC 99/4  |
| 7 |
11.50 |
Horizon scanning |
Professor J Manson (Roslin Institute) Dr J Hope (VLA) Dr R Knight (NCJDSU) |
SEAC 99/5  |
| 8 |
12.15 |
Public Q&A |
SEAC Chair |
|
| |
12.30 |
Lunch |
|
|
| 9 |
13.20 |
Update on vCJD and sCJD epidemiology |
Dr R Knight (NCJDSU) |
|
| 10 |
13.40 |
Update on NATA and other vCJD prevalence studies |
Professor N Gill (HPA) Dr J Clewley (HPA) |
|
| 11 |
14.30 |
Re-assessment of the potential risk of vCJD transmission via dentistry |
Dr P Bennett (DH) Dr P Grove (DH) |
SEAC 99/7*  |
| 12 |
16.00 |
AOB |
SEAC Chair |
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End of meeting |
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*Annex 3 of SEAC paper 99/7 is not provided as it is unpublished. This is consistent with the SEAC Code of Practice.