Kogalskabskrisen er dernæst en medskyldig tavshed hos visse medlemsstater, der har givet instruktioner til deres eksperter i Den Stående Europæiske Veterinærkomité om ikke at udbasunere sagen.
It was also caused by the conspiracy of silence on the part of certain Member States, which instructed their experts in the Standing Veterinary Committee not to divulge information regarding the affair.