British beef back on the menu
- Title
- British beef back on the menu
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Jun 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:49
- Description
- The European ban on British beef over BSE fears has been lifted. EC ministers meeting in Brussels thrashed out an agreement after 26 hours of talks. France, West Germany and Italy will put our beef back on the menu as long as Britain introduces tougher meat controls. EC agriculture commissioner Ray MacSharry says the deal has defused a political tinder box. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Ray MacSharry
- Keywords
- Exports; Great Britain; International relations; Beef; International trade; Food safety; John Gummer; Beef industry; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; EC
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LBC/IRN, "British beef back on the menu". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005100499009 (Accessed 20 Jun 2025)