`Tories in mad cow cover-up'.TORY Tory (tô`rē), English political party. The term was originally applied to outlaws in Ireland and was adopted as a derogatory name for supporters of the duke of York (later James II) at the time (c. Ministers failed to reveal the shocking truth of Britain's BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). crisis, it was claimed last night. Secret Whitehall documents allegedly show how they played down the risk of eating beef while people were dying from the disease. The then Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell Stephen James Dorrell (born March 25 1952) British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Charnwood constituency in northern Leicestershire and is a Patron of the Tory Reform Group. is claimed to have effectively misled mis·led v. Past tense and past participle of mislead. Parliament by failing to spell out the full risks to the public. The documents also show that the Ministry of Agriculture waited one year before reacting to the discovery of BSE - then delayed a further five months months before acting on advice that infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. cattle should be banned. The damning evidence contains minutes of a 1996 meeting at No 10 the day before Mr Dorrell made a Commons statement announcing the link between BSE and 10 cases of the human form CJD CJD abbr. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, see there . They allegedly show the Health Secretary knew far more about the potential risks of the link than he revealed to MPs. The file will be shown to the official inquiry into BSE reports next year. CRISIS-HIT farmers yesterday drew comfort from the biggest hint yet that a ban on sales of beef on the bone is close to an end. Agriculture Minister Nick Brown said he was ready to take a "political decision" to lift the ban leaving "consumers free to choose". Ministry officials confirmed all cows possibly hit by BSE will have been slaughtered by March. A farmers' spokeswoman hailed the move. |
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