The recommendation to move to single-use instruments came after advice from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC).
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On the BSE study, it is accountable to Defra and Seac.
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Professor Peter Smith, chairman of Seac, the scientific body that advises the government on CJD, said the only way to prove the link between BSE and CJD would be to inject BSE-infected material directly into a human.