BSE is a neurological disease of bovine animals and other ruminants and is not known to exist in the US. The disease does exist in Europe and Oman however. Because of the probability that animal-based feeds have become cross-contaminated with the BSE agent, we plan to prohibit the importation of bone meal, meat meal, blood meal, meat and bone meal, tankage, offal, and fat-and products containing these materials that originate in Europe or Oman; or that are stored, rendered, or otherwise processed in Europe or Oman, regardless of the animal species from which the product is derived.
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(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
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(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
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