Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Britain Bans Several Cuts of Beef for Safety

Published in Blood Weekly, December 15th, 1997

Britain banned the sale of unboned beef as a precautionary move to stop the risk of mad cow disease, wiping oxtail soup, roast rib of beef, and T-bone steak off the national menu.

Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham told the House of Commons that beef from all animals over six-months-old, both British and imported, would have to have the bones removed before it was sold to the consumer.

The deboning can be carried out at meat cutting plants, butchers' shops, catering establishments, and other commercial premises. Beef bones may no longer be sold, given to consumers, or used in the preparation of food.

Cunningham said the risk...

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Source: Blood Weekly (1997-12-15)

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