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Is this a food scare or should I stop eating lamb? `We must all decide whether to eat sheep that might, or might not, be infected with BSE'
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FOLLOWING THE BSE outbreak, and its subsequent link with new-
variant CJD, it was agreed on all sides that greater openness must
ensue between the scientific community, politicians and the public.
Yesterday's reports linking BSE with sheep are a case in point. BSE
has not yet been found in sheep, but the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
has indicated that experiments under evaluation may well come to that
conclusion. Yet what is the consumer to do with this incomplete
information?
One can ...
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Is this a food scare or should I stop eating lamb? `We must all decide whether to eat sheep that might, or might not, be infected with BSE'.(Comment)
The Independent (London, England)
; ... that might, or might not, be infected with BSE. I have been reporting on these matters for several years now, but yesterday's news leaves me in the position of having to assess the probability that it will turn out that British sheep are currently infected ...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Questions about risk of BSE in sheep; FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY: 'FSA is not advising against eating lamb as risk is theoretical'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; The risk of BSE in sheep - answers from the Food Standards Agency to some key questions: QIs lamb safe to eat? AThe FSA is not advising against the consumption of lamb. The risk of BSE in sheep is theoretical but we think people have the right to be aware of it. QDoes that advice include giving
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Ministers consider ban on eating lamb as BSE sheep scare grows
The Independent - London
; A COMPLETE ban on eating lamb and the slaughter of thousands or even millions of sheep might be imposed if BSE, or "mad-cow disease", is found to be widespread in the national flock, the Government said last night. The move is part of a Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food contingency plan.
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Scientists discover sheep can get BSE. No need to panic, they say. Should we?
The Scotsman
; A SHEEP of a type thought to be resistant to BSE has developed a similar type of infection. Elliot Morley, the minister for animal health, moved swiftly to downplay fears. He said that the infected sheep was the only one to develop a disease from a group of 19 which had been subjected to a "massive
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`If we found BSE in sheep it would be a national emergency'. Official. Only nine sheep in 20,000,000 have been fully tested for BSE. So far
The Independent - London
; THE GOVERNMENT has launched a damage limitation exercise to quell fears over the possibility that British sheep might have become infected with BSE. Government press officers have been issued with a set of 16 questions and answers to rebut claims that British lamb is unsafe to eat, and that not
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