Volume 4: The Southwood Working Party, 1988-89
Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Southwood
   Terms of reference
   Membership and assistance
   The proposal of a ruminant feed ban
   Meetings on 19 May
   The key questions

2 The first meeting

3 Response to the first meeting
   Action in relation to medicinal products
   Action in respect of occupational risks
   Response to interim recommendations

4 Preparations for the second meeting
   Consultation of experts on TSEs

5 The second meeting
   Ox-brain

6 Events after the second meeting
   Medicinal products

7 The third meeting

8 Subsequent events
   Contents of baby food
   Medicinal products

9 The drafting of the Report

10 Discussion
   Assessment of the risk of transmission of BSE to humans
   The baby food recommendation
   The risk from the tissues of subclinically infected animals
   The risk in relation to medicinal products
   Occupational risks
   The risk to animals

11 The legacy of Southwood

Questions and answers before the first meeting

Glossary

Who's who

Index