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BSE does not pose a risk

Language: English Series: MAFF News Release ; (198/96) 7 June 1996, | Guardian ; 11 June 1996, 8(8)Publication details: 1996Subject(s): Summary: Conclusions of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee investigation into current practice of dealing with waste material from slaughtered cattle. Procedures for dealing with specified bovine material will be made a legal requirement. Kent residents are concerned about waste effluent from a rendering plant. A leading neurologist suggests that the discharge of waste could be linked to CJD, the human equivalent of BSE.

Conclusions of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee investigation into current practice of dealing with waste material from slaughtered cattle. Procedures for dealing with specified bovine material will be made a legal requirement. Kent residents are concerned about waste effluent from a rendering plant. A leading neurologist suggests that the discharge of waste could be linked to CJD, the human equivalent of BSE.