HC Deb 12 January 2004 vol 416 c593W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the risk of vaccines sourced from bovine products in the USA being an agent for transmitting BSE. [146344]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency has initiated a risk assessment to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom licensed medicinal products, including vaccines, that are manufactured using bovine derived materials from the United States following the announcement of the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in the USA.

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