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Published online 14 December 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news001214-10
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Steak tartare in Paris may now carry a greater BSE risk than roast beef in London. .
Steak tartare in Paris may now carry a greater risk of mad cow disease than roast beef in London, if both are prepared from domestic meat. A new model of the current French BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) epidemic, reported in this week's Nature1, suggests that about 100 BSE-infected cows have been slaughtered for human consumption in France this year, compared with just one in the UK.
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