Meat and bone meal – back on the menu please

For years the Dutch poultry sector has been calling for a return of meat and bone meal in animal feed. Arguments for this are strong, but political decision making is viscous and not everyone is convinced that meat and bone meal is really needed and desirable. By Berrie Klein Swormink* In the mid 90s Europe faced a BSE crisis. More than 200 people, mainly in the UK died of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. The disease occurred because people ate meat from cows that were infected with Bovine Spongifor