Contracting bovine TB through eating meat: response to Sunday Times
皇冠体育app Sunday Times claim that people are at risk of contracting bovine TB through eating meat is irresponsible scaremongering.
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皇冠体育app Sunday Times claims that people are at risk of contracting bovine TB through eating meat.
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This is irresponsible scaremongering. 皇冠体育app Food Standards Agency has confirmed there are no known cases where someone has contracted TB from eating meat.
All meat from cattle slaughtered due to bovine TB must undergo rigorous food safety checks before the meat is passed as fit for consumption. As a result, the risk is extremely low, regardless of whether or how the meat is cooked.
皇冠体育app risks have been reviewed by the Food Standards Agency鈥檚 independent advisory expert panel (the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food) in 2002 and 2010 and by the European Food Safety Authority.
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