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Study Finds French Covered Up Their Mad Cow Problem In Early 1990s

Why did nine French citizens die from variant Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of Mad Cow Disease or BSE, between 1996 and 2006?  

Mad Cow Disease or BSE was discovered in England in 1986, resulting in the slaughter of  herds by the millions and bans on British beef exports that lasted for years.  With no British beef being consumed in France, why were there deaths?

A study ordered by a Paris judge has answered that question:  French deaths from Mad Cow disease were due to its presence in French herds at a time when the government and industry said they didn't have a problem.

According to the UK's Mail: The revelation that BSE was rife in France in the early 1990s comes a decade after its illegal ban on British beef drove many UK farmers into bankruptcy. 

The report also exposes the hypocrisy of France's insistence that during the 1990s British herds were riddled with mad cow disease, while French beef was safe to eat.

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Full post as published by Mad Cow Blog on November 07, 2008 (boomark / email).