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BSE cover-up denied by UK government
Mrs Beckett told MPs on Monday that she decided, against the advice of her press office, that a media release should be put out late at night to publish the information as soon as possible. A four year investigation into whether sheep could be infected with BSE was dropped last week when the scientist at the centre of the mix-up discovered he was mistakenly testing cows brains. The BBC's Niall Dickson reports.

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