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Government resists changes to food safety law
Press Review 27 July 2004
The government is resisting pressure from the meat industry in the UK to relax a key law introduced to control BSE.
Royal College of Physicians
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Some of our cows are missing
Press Review 6 July 2004
A damning report by the Commons public account committee has slammed the scheme designed to keep track of Britain's cattle.
BSE measures 'obsolete', warn MPs
News Article 6 July 2004
Insufficient controls are in place to prevent a repeat of the BSE crisis, an influential committee of MPs has concluded.
New study raises vCJD concerns
News Article 21 May 2004
More people could be harbouring traces of vCJD than previously thought, according to new research.
Blood restrictions extended to Scotland
News Article 17 March 2004
New restrictions on blood donors are to be extended to Scotland.
Reid restricts blood donations
Press Review 17 March 2004
The health secretary has announced new measures to halt the possible spread of vCJD through the national blood service.
Reid restricts blood donation amid vCJD fears
News Article 16 March 2004
The health secretary has announced new measures to halt the possible spread of vCJD through the national blood service.
BSE linked to more illnesses
Press Review 18 February 2004
The government's science advisors are to urgently reconsider whether BSE-like diseases in cattle may have links to more than one fatal brain condition.
Medical Research Council
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Patients at risk from vCJD
Press Review 18 December 2003
Reid sets out vCJD blood risk
News Article 17 December 2003
The health secretary has told MPs that it may be possible for variant CJD to be passed on through blood transfusions.
CJD treatment centres planned
Press Review 17 November 2003
