§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle that have been confirmed with BSE until the end of January were born after July 1988.
§ Mr. GummerUp to the end of January, there have been 16 confirmed cases of BSE in cattle born after 18 July 1988 when the ban on feeding ruminant derived protein to ruminants was introduced. One of these, as previously announced, may have been a case of maternal transmission. Investigations are still continuing into some cases, while for others interpretation of data is incomplete, but it is already clear that most had probably received some ruminant protein largely by carry over of feed produced before the ban.