THE whole point of the BSE Inquiry was to learn from past mistakes. But can
we be sure that a similar food and health disaster won’t happen again?
The simple answer is no. We know that BSE rampaged through British cattle,
and we are now seeing the beginnings of an outbreak of vCJD in people. But we
know so little about where else BSE might have spread that we simply can’t say
whether meat is safe. Mutton, lamb, pork and even chicken may harbour the
infection. And we may be repeating those past mistakes that allowed BSE in
cattle to…
