Identity area
Reference code
EPST/D/28
Title
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Working Party and Judicial Inquiry
Date(s)
- 1988–2011 (Creation)
Level of description
sub-series
Extent and medium
11 files
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
An outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as 'mad cow disease') struck the United Kingdom's cattle farms in the mid-1980s. By the late 1990s, the disease had spread to humans (as a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nvCJD).… read more
System of arrangement
The original arrangement and order of the material, as well as file descriptions, were retained.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
D/28/1 includes confidential material, closed until 30 years after Sir Anthony's death; other files may also contain sensitive material which may be restricted.