Canada is applying to change its BSE status from a controlled risk country to a negligible risk country.
And the recommendation is moving from the Scientific Commission of the World Organization for Animal Health to the broader OIE delegation.
An official vote on the application is expected to take place at the end of May.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said a change in Canada's BSE status from controlled to negligible would "help secure and negotiate access for Canadian cattle and beef products to trade markets that require products to originate from negligible BSE-risk status countries."
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the committee's recommendation was an important step in Canada's application process.
And if it goes through, it will allow beef producers to expand their markets for cattle and beef exports to the U.S. and other foreign markets.
Since 2007, Canada has been recognized as a controlled BSE-risk country and the last case of BSE in Canada was in 2015 in a cow born in 2009.
