BSE threat to British farming

Title

BSE threat to British farming

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Simon Bowden reports on the dangers of BSE with Germany banning UK beef imports and lack of proper compensation to farmers for infected cattle. And on the need for research to determine if the disease can be passed to humans and need for food safety controls. With comment from shadow Agriculture Minister David Clarke; Agriculture Minister John Gummer; Bill Brett, leader of the food scientists union; Dr Bernard Mackie, food scientist; John Lock, Chairman of the British Meat Manufacturers Association. For Brian Widlake programme.

Contributors

John Gummer; David Clarke; Bill Brett; Simon Bowden; Bernard Mackie; John Lock

Keywords

Imports; Exports; UK; Farmers; Compensation; Beef; Scientific research; Food safety; Beef industry; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Germany FR; Diseases of cattle

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