I udtalelse af 6. juli 2000 konkluderede Europa-Kommissionens Videnskabelige Styringskomité, at forekomsten af bovin spongiform encephalopati (BSE) hos kvæg af national oprindelse i Sverige var usandsynlig, men ikke udelukket.
In its opinion of 6 July 2000, the Scientific Steering Committee of the European Commission SSC concluded that the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE) in native cattle in Sweden was unlikely, but not excluded.