[Colinc]

I live in Cumbria in the UK. It was around here that the mad cow epidemic started ...what seems like a long time ago.
It is difficult to convey the true horror of those awful days.
The endless slaughter of animals...the burning pyres...literally dead animals piled on top of each other and covered in oil to burn.
The smell that covered the land.

Looking back what can we say with hindsight?
The government panicked...they were not ready and ended up killing everything.
Some people made a fortune...the courts are still being kept busy with contractors who were not fully paid as they over charged.
Official investigation...no...all covered up.


Health problems...you bet. Over the next few years i am sure that a lot more will come out showing that this is still with us..and not just in the UK

I have heard of links to Alzheimers....so now ..if we eat meat at all...we try and buy from local butchers who use local livestock which were properly reared.

Just my opinion...but can you judge if you did not live through it?