Ud over den negativitet, som de fremviste, da Europa-Parlamentet påpegede farerne for Storbritannien i anden fase, mens skandalen rasede i Storbritannien, blev foranstaltningerne faktisk begrænset til dette land, uden at der fandtes noget direkte program, der indebar alvorlige kontrolforanstaltninger og omstrukturering af kvægavlen på fælleseuropæisk plan.
Apart from the negativity which they demonstrated during the first stage, when the European Parliament called attention to the risks in Great Britain, action during the second stage, when the crisis was at its height in Great Britain, was basically limited to that country, and there was no immediate programme of strict controls or attempt to restructure animal feedingstuffs at pan-European level.