US FDA/CFSAN - BSE and Cosmetics: FDA Risk Assessment and Management Perspectives - Slide 12

US FDA/CFSAN - BSE and Cosmetics: FDA Risk Assessment and Management Perspectives December 7, 2006

US FDA/CFSAN

BSE and Cosmetics: FDA Risk Assessment and Management Perspectives

December 7, 2006

Specified Risk Materials (SRMs)

What are specified risk materials?
- Specified risk materials, from cattle 30 months and older, are the:
  - brain
  - skull
  - eyes
  - trigeminal ganglia
  - spinal cord
  - vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum)
  - dorsal root ganglia.
Specified risk materials from cattle of any age are the:
- tonsils and
- distal ileum of the small intestine.