Den største skandale i forbindelse med denne tragedie var den britiske beslutning om med god grund at forbyde brugen af besmittet kød og benmel i Det Forenede Kongerige, samtidig med at man tillod og tilmed øgede eksporten af besmittet foder til andre medlemsstater med katastrofale konsekvenser for uskyldige landmænd, herunder specielt i mit eget land Irland.
The biggest scandal surrounding this tragedy was the British decision rightly to ban the use of contaminated meat and bonemeal in the UK but, at the same time, allow and even increase the volume of infected feed which was exported to other Member States, with disastrous consequences for innocent farmers including specifically in my own country, Ireland.