11.   The Federal Veterinary Office is now considering a further ban on all animal feed containing ground animal remains, according to TRS, the French-speaking television network.

12.   The farmer insisted he had never given his herd feed made from ground-up animal remains, a local official said.

13.   The Federal Veterinary Office is considering banning all animal remains from feed for pigs and chickens as well, the French-speaking television network TRS reported.

14.   The EU ministers were also debating a total ban on the use of ground animal remains as feed for cattle.

15.   The ministry will also look into whether animal remains were included in feed for animals on the farm where the latest BSE case was reported, the official said.

16.   An investigation has also been ordered into allegations suggesting the human bones were being brought into Pakistan in the guise of animal remains, they said.

17.   BSE has mainly occurred among dairy herds with the disease thought to have been spread by feed containing ground-up animal remains.

18.   The plan included a new commitment to making it illegal for farmers to possess feedstuffs containing animal remains.

19.   She said that, under federal law, only animal remains could be used in making feed, and added in a statement that criminal proceedings were being considered.