EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler had proposed banning sheep brains , spleens and spinal cords from the human and animal food chains after reports from Britain and France that under laboratory conditions sheep could contract Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE ) -- mad cow disease .
<response> <organization>EU</organization> Farm Commissioner <person>Franz Fischler</person> had proposed banning sheep brains , spleens and spinal cords from the human and animal food chains after reports from <location>Britain</location> and <location>France</location> that under laboratory conditions sheep could contract <misc>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy</misc> ( <misc>BSE</misc> ) -- mad cow disease . </response>