Munich (AP) — is still an end of BSE in Bavaria long not in sight. “We must adapt ourselves to deal still seven to ten years with the disease”, consumer protection Minister Eberhard sinner (CSU) said in a CNN interview. Why have occurred in Bavaria, about half of all cases of BSE registered so far in Germany is still unclear. Sinner: “we are going through a risk analysis to clarify this.” In Bavaria, approximately 400 000 BSE testing conducted since the first case of BSE in December of last year. 46 Cases of BSE have been registered so far. Since the end of 2000 bark were killed in Bavaria 2750, BSE occurred in their stocks. For several weeks, only 20 percent of the infected holdings are killed in Bavaria after the Swiss cohort system. Include only the affected BSE animals and direct advantages and descendants. For BSE tests, the State has spent up to now some 45 million marks. First checks have shown according to sinner, that big companies of BSE were little affected. The registered cases of mad cow disease would be noted in small businesses buy much feed. This is a note that infectious fat was advised in the meal that was allowed to be fed earlier scot-free. Sinner all users pointed out, that since announcement of the BSE epidemic through the controls immediately initiated beef is now the safest food, “we have ever had this”. A risk for the consumer have previously passed through the risk material brain and spine of cattle. “If one has eaten earlier much cattle brain, who has a damn high risk for the new Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease,” said sinner. Prions, the BSE agent, were, however, has never been found in milk and beef from BSE sick cows. New methods of slaughter – the removal of the head and suction of the spinal cord – will minimize a risk of BSE transmission to humans. (dbw)