Daughter of Gummer friend dies from vCJD (Guardian Unlimited) The daughter of a friend of the former agriculture minister John Gummer - who controversially tried to allay safety fears over British beef by feeding his own child a burger in front of the national media - has died from the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Gummer friend dies of mad cow disease (Daily Telegraph) The daughter of a friend of the former agriculture minister John Gummer - who tried to show beef was safe by encouraging his four-year-old child to eat a hamburger - has died of the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Friend of Gummer loses his daughter to vCJD (The Scotsman) A WOMAN who died from the human form of mad cow disease was the daughter of a friend of John Gummer, the former agriculture minister who fed his child a hamburger during the BSE crisis to try to show that beef was safe. [News Source]

Friend of Gummer loses his daughter to vCJD (The Scotsman) A WOMAN who died from the human form of mad cow disease was the daughter of a friend of John Gummer, the former agriculture minister who fed his child a hamburger during the BSE crisis to try to show that beef was safe. [News Source]

Daughter of John Gummer’s friend dies from human form of ‘mad cow’ disease (Times Online) The daughter of a close friend of John Gummer, who famously tried to feed his own child a burger to prove that beef was safe, has died from the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea, US open beef trade talks. South Korea and the United States opened beef trade talks Thursday on Washington's demand for greater access to the Asian nation, which is maintaining stringent quarantine regulations citing concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Safe food for Japan. With Americans growing increasingly concerned about the safety of Chinese products, Washington has begun looking for solutions in Japan. [News Source]

Father on daughter’s vCJD death (BBC News) A father speaks of his daughter's death at the age of 23 from the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Family friend of John Gummer is killed by CJD aged 23 (Daily Mail) When Elizabeth Smith celebrated her 21st birthday, she should have been looking forward to the life ahead of her. Instead, it was the day she received a death sentence when doctors told her she had the human form of mad cow disease [News Source]

Gummer family friend dies of human form of ‘mad cow’ disease (Times Online) A family friend of John Gummer, the former Agriculture Minister who in 1990 tried to show that beef was safe by encouraging his 4-year-old child to eat a hamburger in front of the cameras, has died from the human form of "mad cow" disease. [News Source]