A LEADING microbiologist will speak at a public meeting organised by the 'Fight the Furnace' campaign on Friday. Steve Dealler a leading scientist in the BSE field will speak on 'The Assessment of BSE Risk' with a special emphasis on tallow. Dr Dealler started working on BSE in 1988 and has published many papers of the subject. Journals in which his work has appeared include the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, Journal of Public Health Medicine and the British Food Journal.

Fight the Furnace chairman, Richard Dow said: "Steve is a leading authority on this subject and his thoughts and insight into the problems associated with the handling and processing of BSE infected meat products should be of interest to a wide range of people living in the Lancaster area, not just those involved in the campaign."

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