CJD victim seldom ate beef

20 December 2000



CJD victim ‘seldom ate beef’

By FWi staff

A VICTIM of the human form of BSE rarely ate beef, an inquest heard on Tuesday (19 December).

South Manchester coroner John Pollard said Steven Lunt, 33, of Stockport, died of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Health officials are investigating possible links between the death of Mr Lunt and Paul Dickens, 28, who lived near him, reports The Guardian

• Stockport probes CJD cluster, FWi, 13 December 2000
  
• The Guardian 20 December 2000 page 5