Foot AND mouth, only effects "clove hoofed " animals..is there something your not telling us Mark? Any way, it should be well sorted by then. BSE can take up to 20 years to develop ( it is a disease that some old beef cows got), now it very rare, and only beef younger than 30 months old are allowed to be used for human consumption. It has not stopped most people eating beef, including me. You probably have a much better chance of being struck by a meteorite than by contacting one of these food related illnesses in Belfast. Chris P DOC UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc A Levy" <malevy@xxxx> To: "DMC News" <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: [DML] Health problems in Ireland?? > Anyone from Ireland care to comment on the health situation there?? > >