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Written question asked by Peter Ainsworth (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 December 2001. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Thursday, 6 December 2001 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she first learnt of Professor Bostock's concerns about the possible contamination of samples of sheeps' brains on which tests were being conducted for evidence of BSE; how many checks were made, and on what date, into whether samples of brain matter collected in the 1990s and investigated by the Institute of Animal Health in relation to BSE in sheep contained bovine material. - (Holding answer 26 October 2001).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
376 c489-90W; 10595;10596
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Cattle Contamination Research Testing Sheep BSE Brain Institute for Animal Health
Link
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