Poll: BSE 2020: Do you consider Beef safe to eat?

[Ice Tea]

Talking to a friend about not having to use the lockdown corned beef or tins of beef stew and apparently his misses still refuses to eat beef because of BSE and doesn't let their kids eat it either.I thought that this was sorted out years ago that the transmission is now so low you now have more chance of winning the rollover Lotto?

I'm not going to stop , what else is there to have with Mustard...

 

[coupe69]

what else is there to have with Mustard...

HAM!

 

[Ice Tea]

MY friend said Fish and i thought he was joking but apparently it is a thing.

 

[Mason-]

I still love a corned beef sandwich, and will happily eat beef all year round. Doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Ayahuasca]

 

[sanaxe1]

Think of how many billions of meals of beef are eaten each year and in 2017 there was only 4 cases of BSE.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I thought BSE was 1996? I was in 6th form when that kicked off. Now I'm a coffin dodger

 

[SixTwoSix]

Talking to a friend about not having to use the lockdown corned beef or tins of beef stew and apparently his misses still refuses to eat beef because of BSE and doesn't let their kids eat it either.

My brother in laws wife is the same, she won't justify it, just says it isn't worth the risk.

 

[Eurofighter]

I eat it, im not some kind of wuss

 

[Jokester]

I thought BSE was 1996? I was in 6th form when that kicked off. Now I'm a coffin dodger

Yeah same here, I remember the papers - 100,000s/millions of Brits to die from CJD.

People are still dying from it though!

 

[Haggisman]

Talking to a friend about not having to use the lockdown corned beef or tins of beef stew and apparently his misses still refuses to eat beef because of BSE and doesn't let their kids eat it either.I thought that this was sorted out years ago that the transmission is now so low you now have more chance of winning the rollover Lotto?

Corned beef is foul - my cat's food looks and smells more appetising.

However I will happily eat beef, be it burgers, mince, steak, roast, etc. In terms of "risk", I'm more likely to die in a crash every time I get in the car than catch BSE/CJD.

I'm not going to stop , what else is there to have with Mustard...

Mustard? WTF is wrong with you? Mustard is for ham, for beef you have horseradish.

I bet you're one of those savages who has mint sauce with meats other than lamb as well?!?!

 

[james.miller]

There's not been a single case of it in the UK for 11 years.

Yeah, she needs to calm down and chow down on some rump. oo_err

 

[Jokester]

There's not been a single case of it in the UK for 11 years.

Yeah, she needs to calm down and chow down on some rump. oo_err

BSE? There was a case last year I think it was.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45901043

2 years ago in fact.

Edit:
Though the meat would never likely enter the food chain.

 

[james.miller]

BSE? There was a case last year I think it was.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45901043

2 years ago in fact.

Edit:
Though the meat would never likely enter the food chain.

Sorry, i said UK. it's not, it's England and Wales. I'm dumb


https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/bse-negligible-risk-delays-costing-red-meat-sector-16m

In May of this year, England and Wales reached the milestone of 11 years without a new case of the disease, qualifying the two countries for official negligible risk status from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris.


If granted, it could open up the international market for mesenteric fat – used in many industrial applications – for the first time in 24 years.

 

[Jokester]

Sorry, i said UK. it's not, it's England and Wales. I'm dumb


https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/bse-negligible-risk-delays-costing-red-meat-sector-16m

2016 was the last recorded death.

But they have now seen a case where someone that didn't have the specific protein gene developed vCJD, so they suspect there could be another wave of people to come.

Edit:
But yeah, this will all be due to historical exposure.

Steaks are good mmmkay!

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

It's not the beef you need to worry about, it's salmonella egg-mageddon.


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By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non fiction. In September 2002, publication of Currie's Diaries (1987–92) caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair with colleague (and later Prime Minister) John Major between 1984 and 1988.[/url]

 

[Rotty]

has there been a resurgence?

I was in hospital recently and on multiple occasions was asked question related to CJD

 

[Jokester]

has there been a resurgence?

I was in hospital recently and on multiple occasions was asked question related to CJD

Possibly more to do with contamination of surgical equipment?

In terms of BSE/vCJD the risk is all but gone.

 

[Ice Tea]

has there been a resurgence?

Maybe someone could think of a better topic so not to give the impression of a new outbreak , sorry about that.

My friends wife is just the same as SixTwoSix inlaw wife from what i can gather.

My brother in laws wife is the same, she won't justify it, just says it isn't worth the risk.

I bet you're one of those savages who has mint sauce with meats other than lamb as well?!?!

What about Apple Sauce on Lamb?

 

[PlacidCasual]

Did people actually die of vCJD from beef in the UK? I remember that at the time most deaths from CJD were to do with poor processing of blood products and people on certain treatments were exposed.
I remember the hoohaa about BSE wrt humans but it never seemed to come to fruition. Although stopping what was plainly a ridiculous and unsafe practice in animal feed was absolutely necessary.