Private BSE testing on hold following appeal


	Private BSE testing on hold following appeal

shankargallery

6-1-2007 7:30 AM

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Scientists believe that the human illness, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) - recognised in 1996 - is caused by the consumption of BSE-infected meat. About 160 people are thought to have died of the condition worldwide.

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