British beef declared safe by EC

Title

British beef declared safe by EC

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Political editor Peter Murphy reports on Agriculture Minister John Gummer reporting back to the Commons on France, Germany and Italy agreeing to lift their bans on British beef over BSE fears after a marathon meeting of EC agriculture ministers in Brussels. Includes speeches by Gummer and Labour Party shadow David Clark.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; John Gummer; David Clark

Keywords

Exports; Beef; International trade; Food safety; Beef industry; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; EC

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