Part 1: Mad Cow Disease and Food Safety News Programme

[DrStrangebomb1993]

My deep sympathy for the family. I hope this horrific thing will abate, and that we learn from our horrendous mistakes.

[AnimeFanPan]

I wanna give that woman a hug =[

[HardikG121]

this is stupid, why the hell would a person feed a cow a dead cow?

[LordGoatAlmighty]

Wow. This is the first time I've ever really bothered to learn anything about BSE and I'm quite shocked at how familiar some of it sounds. The refusal to vaccinate against FMD and justification for the massive culls and pyres stemmed from the same driving force (export trade) and involved the exact same manipulation of science and media.

[TheLeilisa]

hgh will stunt my growth if im a teenager?

[AceofDlamonds]

it's understandable to be angry at governments and such BUT...it's extremely hard to detect, untastable, indestructible with practical methods, and it's basically a protein.

You would think the British or US government would go hard to detecting this stuff, but killing cattle is the only option really...and even then it's hard. Today we strip cattle of brain and spinal cord matter from the kills of healthy cows.

ppl who r diagnosed within the past 5 yrs could have gotten it 2 decades ago!

[Vivekmaru45]

I am horrified that the British Government allowed offal to be disguised as burgers and sausages in school dinners. They are the ones to be blamed. How many school children have they doomed? It is very possible that Andy contracted this disease in a school dinner. All my sympathies go to Andy's mother. May God give Andy peace. Amen.

[SupremeCommander360]

@Vivekmaru45

Why do you call them "school dinners"? It's food provided at lunch time at school so shouldn't it be called "Lunch" wtf? Dinner is at dinner time which is after lunch, if you already ate dinner why would you have a second dinner, makes no sense.

[SmithRoseMarie]

v C.J.D Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease my son Billy Smith aged 21 years of age.. Died of this disease on 13 .01. 2010

[irradiateaustralia]

My thoughts go to the family of course. But the question is really how many people has this happened to? How can a SELF regulated industry possibly do what's best for the masses. Surely we've figured out that is not how corporations work. I just wish this poor lady ever had a hope of finding justice for her son. That is likely never to eventuate for this poor family. A travesty of justice !!!

[pinkipingbling]

I don't eat beef,as this disease scared my parents..glad I don't tho

[301001082]

@pinkipingbling it can reside in all mammals

[sTaNdUp41]

i feel sorry for you

[ambera15]

mAN THIS SCARES ME.