McDonald’s bans British beef

Title

McDonald’s bans British beef

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:17

Description

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 menu during the BSE outbreak.

Contributors

Paul Preston

Keywords

Health; Restaurants; Meat; Food; Illness; Transmission; CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Animal products; BSE; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; McDonald’s; McDonald’s UK

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