§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies have been undertaken to establish whether potentially BSE contaminated material can enter human blood systems via tooth cavities when children are losing their milk teeth. [23219]
§ Mr. HoramNone. The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee has considered this issue and accepts that this could be a route of BSE infection, if this occurs, as could dental disease in adults.