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10 Dec
1981: Mystery disease kills homosexuals

10 Aug
1988: Mysterious seal disease spreads

30 May
1990: France bans British beef imports

07 Jun
1990: Three countries lift beef export ban

30 Nov
1999: T-bone steaks on sale by Christmas

26 Oct
2000: Ministers 'misled' public on BSE

19 Feb
2001: Foot-and-mouth scare at UK abbatoir

11 Mar
2001: Big rise in new cases of foot-and-mouth

05 May
2001: Sun shines on foot-and-mouth crisis

07 May
2001: Healthy cattle to die to save Exmoor

14 May
2001: Scientists warn of more CJD cases

21 Feb
2001: Ban follows foot-and-mouth outbreak

19 Oct
2001: Inquiries into BSE brain blunder

14 Jan
2002: UK declared free of foot-and-mouth

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