Agenda

100th meeting on Friday 25th April 2008

Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre
Greycoat Street, Westminster, London SW1P 2QD


Item No

Time

Item

Presenter

Paper No.

1

10:00

Introduction

SEAC Chair and Secretary

2

10:05

Approval of draft open minutes from SEAC 99

SEAC Chair

SEAC 100/1 (153 KB)

3

10:10

Current issues

SEAC Chair


4

10:20

Assessment of prevalence of subclinical vCJD:
(i) Update on vCJD prevalence studies
(ii) Combining evidence from tissue surveys to estimate the prevalence of subclinical vCJD
(iii) Resolving the discrepancy in current vCJD prevalence estimates

 

Prof N Gill (HPA)


Dr P Bennett &

 

 

Dr P Grove (DH)

SEAC 100/2 (128 KB)

 

 

 

 

SEAC 100/6 (45 KB)

12:20 Lunch - Media briefing SEAC Chair & Deputy Chair

5

13:00

Update on animal TSEs

Mr P Burke & Dr A Gresham (Defra)

6

13:40

Draft SEAC statement on relaxations to the total feed ban

SEAC Chair

SEAC 100/3*pdf logo (28 KB)

7

14:20

Proposals to reduce BSE testing of cattle slaughtered for food - impact on risk to human health

Mr D Carruthers (FSA) &

Dr R Kosmider (VLA)

SEAC 100/4*pdf logo (66 KB)

8

15:20

Horizon scanning

Dr J Hope (VLA),
Prof J Manson (RI),
Dr R Knight (NCJDSU) &

Prof J Collinge (MRC-PU)

SEAC 100/5 pdf logo (43 KB)

9

15:55

AOB

SEAC Chair

16:00

End of meeting

Media briefing

SEAC Chair & Deputy Chair

Printer friendly agenda (13 KB)

* Annex 4 of SEAC 100/2, Annexes 1-3 of SEAC 100/3 and annex 1 of SEAC 100/4 are not provided as they contain data that has yet to be published in a scientific or medical journal.  This is consistent with the SEAC Code of Practice.

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