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Latest BSE News
Friday, May 21, 2004
New fears arise over human form of BSE UK - Thousands of Britons could be harbouring the human form of mad cow disease, according to government research published today. Scientists examining 12,674 stored appendix and tonsil samples said they had identified three bearing signs of the agent...
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
'Great news for our beef' UK - Another chapter has closed in the greatest disaster ever to hit the British industry. Food safety experts in Brussels have backed the call to relax the restrictions on United Kingdom beef exportsimposed during the BSE crisis. Source: icWa...
Friday, May 14, 2004
UK's BSE crisis draws to an end UK - Fall out from the BSE crisis that hit the UK meat industry in the 1990s could be nearly over as the EU’s food safety body paves the way for British beef to move down from its ‘high risk’ classification. Source: FoodProductionDaily
Thursday, May 13, 2004
British Beef gets European Food Safety Chiefs Backing UK - Government calls for Europe to relax controls on UK beef exports have been backed by food safety experts in Brussels. Source: DEFRA
Friday, May 07, 2004
Producer prices in spotlight UK - Producer prices and whether the future would bring increases was one of the overriding factors at a conference looking at the beef and sheep sectors addressed by industry leaders in Cumbria yesterday. Concerns about price and how producers could...
Friday, April 23, 2004
Farmer broke BSE rules UK - A farmer has been fined £6,000 after selling two animals which could have had mad cow disease to a Cheshire abattoir, a court was told. Quick-thinking vets at Malpas County Meats in Hampton prevented them from getting into the food chain and called...
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Case for downgrade of UK BSE risk status UK - The European Food Safety Authority will this week consider an application to change the BSE status of the UK cattle herd from high to medium risk. No decision will be announced until the end of May, but the omens are favourable given the sharp...
Monday, April 19, 2004
Bse - The Experience From The Other Side UK - March 20th 1996, May 20th 2003 and December 23rd 2003 - do you know the common link between these dates? You will probably not need reminded of March 1996, but the other two dates may not be as obvious. The answer is that they are the respective...
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Food agency acts to allay fears over scrapie scare UK - The Veterinary Laboratories Agency, which is the UK’s official animal health headquarters based in Surrey, confirmed yesterday that it is investigating a previously unknown case of the sheep brain disease scrapie, discovered in a dead animal...
Sheep found with BSE-like disease UK - Scientists responsible for monitoring whether BSE has spread from cattle to sheep on farms are investigating an unusual form of brain disease found in a four-year-old ewe. Tests on brain tissue at laboratories in Britain...
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Older beef back on menu as BSE fears recede UK - Meat from older cows could soon be back on pub menus after scientists declared it was safe for human consumption. Fears of BSE spreading to humans through infected meat have now receded and it is believed to be safe to eat older beef. Source:...
Saturday, April 03, 2004
Ministers set to relax rules on meat after BSE study UK - The Government is considering allowing the public to eat meat from cattle aged more than 30 months old for the first time in eight years. Ministers are looking again at the ban after scientists declared it is now safe for the public to eat meat...
Friday, April 02, 2004
BSE experts say old meat now safe UK - Scientists have declared it is now safe for the public to eat meat from cattle more than 30 months old, as fears of BSE spreading to humans recedes. Their comments come as the government orders the rechecking of assessments that risks to humans...
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Reintroducing Older Cattle UK - Beef from older cattle born in the United Kingdom before August 1, 1996 is unlikely to be sold on the commercial market before the end of this year, according to the British National Beef Association. Source: MeatNews
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Defra under fire after BSE case verdict UK - The High Court in London has condemned the "manifestly unfair" way the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs treated a farming couple suspected of breaking anti-BSE feed rules with their beef herd. In one...
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
BSE risk increases with 'cow clocking' UK - Meat potentially infected with BSE is entering the food chain because some farmers are lying about the age of their cattle, vets and trading standards officers have warned. The British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) has called for tighter...
BSE risk increases with 'cow clocking' UK - Meat potentially infected with BSE is entering the food chain because some farmers are lying about the age of their cattle, vets and trading standards officers have warned. The British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) has called for tighter...
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Tests urged for BSE variants UK - Scientific advisers to the government are pressing for further tests on cattle brains to establish whether there are different strains of BSE in cattle. Italian researchers have identified in two cows a different brain signature from the traditional...
Tests urged for BSE variants UK - Scientific advisers to the government are pressing for further tests on cattle brains to establish whether there are different strains of BSE in cattle. Italian researchers have identified in two cows a different brain signature from the traditional...
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Wilson moves to reassure over resumption of beef exports UK - Farmers were told yesterday that the Executive is committed to re-starting Scotland’s beef export trade by 2005. Beef exports were banned from the UK from March 1996 after a possible link between BSE and the fatal human disease CJD was conceded...
