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World Service,26 Mar 1996,13 mins

Who Is to Blame for BSE?

The Farming World

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Early warnings about feeding animal derivatives to hervibivores went unheeded by the government and feed companies in the UK. Since the mid-1980s, 160,000 cattle have died of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as BSE or mad-cow disease. The problem is far from over. Who is to blame?

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