John Pratt on BSE

Title

John Pratt on BSE

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:56

Description

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 confidence in the face of BSE. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John Pratt

Keywords

Health; Exports; Meat; Beef; Food; Illness; Meat trade; Transmission; CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Animal products; BSE; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Butchery

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