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37 results found for '"Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"' in Keywords.
Public needs BSE facts (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
House of Commons statement by shadow Health Secretary Harriet Harman, on a fall in public confidence in the wake of the BSE outbreak. Says that the public need the full facts and honest advice. Makes a...
CJD epidemic likely (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Stephen Dealer on BSE and the offal ban. Says pointless to stop eating beef now, as too much infected tissue has been consumed already. Male interviewer not identified.
BSE meat safety now good (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male meat industry spokesman(?) on BSE and the efficacy of current controls.
BSE precautions down to personal choice (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Jonathon Porritt) on taking precautions regarding the BSE outbreak. Says eating beef is a personal choice - personally, he is against it.
Is meat safe to eat? (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Brian Ging reports on the BSE crisis, and public confidence. Butcher David Emms says he will go on trying to market beef to his customers. One shopper says he will not be deterred by negative publicity.
British beef banned in Europe (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
France and Belgium have banned British beef and the European Commission is considering a continent-wide ban on Britain’s biggest meat export as the scare about the link between BSE and its human form...
Banning British beef (1996)
- Genre
- News report
A meeting in Brussels tommorrow may lead to a Europe-wide ban on British beef. Europe correspondent John Fraser told News 97.3 that he wouldn’t be surprised to see European countries pulling together...
John Pratt on BSE (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Pratt of the Meat and Livestock Commission, on the feeding of reconstituted animal products to cattle, the removal of potentially affected tissues after slaughter, and the restoring of public...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (1996)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons statement by Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell on the findings of a committee set up to analyse the transmission pattern of CJD, which has now struck ten people under 42 years of age within...
McDonald’s bans British beef (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
McDonald’s UK Chief Executive Paul Preston explains that whilst he believes British beef to be safe, McDonalds has to acknowledge the concerns of its customers, hence the removal of hamburgers from the...