Germany accepts UK beef exports

Title

Germany accepts UK beef exports

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

John Fraser interviews UK agriculture minister Gillian Shephard who is claiming victory in the battle over beef exports to Germany following the scare over Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in British meat. The decision to accept British beef exports with certain conditions was made as European agriculture ministers were meeting in Brussels.

Contributors

John Fraser; Gillian Shephard

Keywords

Exports; UK; Great Britain; Beef; Germany; Europe; Export ban; Beef industry; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; BSE; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; EC; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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