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Re: BSE panic ends.



In article <bnDpLBAVPjcxEwN2@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> writes:

   The European Agriculture Commissioner, Frank Fischler stated to Reuters 
   yesterday that there was no health risk in eating British beef, and that 
   the ban had been imposed for political reasons to support the European 
   beef market. He said he would not hesitate to eat beef in Britain and he 
   saw no medical reason not to do so. He said the ban had been imposed to 
   make sure the beef market in Europe did not collapse as it had in 
   Britain and not for public safety reasons.

Be careful here--  He said that the ban was imposed for political
reasons, but he *never* said that there was no health risk.  He said
that he'd eat British beef, that's true, but my impression is that
he's saying that the risk is small.  So there's a small health benefit
>from  banning British beef, but the reason he supports the ban is
that there's been such a panic that soon no one will want to eat
beef at all unless such drastic action is taken.

Janet H.






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