He had an encyclopedic knowledge of commodities, picked up while nosing around the BSE library.
When the BSE suddenly outsourced the contract in 1995, the duo decided to consider other options.
They are not pointing the finger of blame as they do for the spread of BSE.
Research pointed to eating meat contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) as the cause.
"A larger outbreak of BSE or some other livestock disease could devastate rural economies, " Dean said.
BSE, but the exchange has, under a new president, Anand Rathi, emerged as an eager reformer.
Current BSE-tests can only be applied on the brain of a dead animal during a post-mortem.
The amendment would require exporting countries to certify that their beef products were free from BSE.
The cow, which was kept for breeding purposes, never developed BSE and died of other causes.
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Shah and Neralla were dispatched to study exchanges abroad and prepare a technology blueprint for the BSE.
BSE-contaminated bits of meat that made their way into baby food and school dinners during the 1980s.
All cattle over 30 months are required to be proven BSE-free before the beef can be sold.
Health secretary Stephen Dorrell was also criticised for playing down the risk of BSE-infected beef contaminating humans.
When a cow has BSE, certain parts of its carcass harbour far larger concentrations of prions than others.
Tests on cows suggested it could identify those with BSE a year and a half before symptoms appeared.
At the last count, the BSE had about 4, 700 listed firms, whereas the rival NSE had about 1, 200.
Apparently, CJD is brought on by the same virus that causes "mad cow disease, " also known as BSE.
In the 1990s, he chaired the inquiry into BSE, or Mad Cow Disease.
His firm handling of the BSE issue has upset farmers, but Mr Blair thinks he's an extremely competent minister.
BSE, enthusiasm for their new contracts may be dented by the recent travails of information-technology shares around the world.
The first case of BSE was discovered in Austria and the first case since 1994 was discovered in Italy.
It was illegal to import any beef from Britain between 1996 and 2002 because of the threat of BSE.
India's BSE Sensex 30 index jumped by 140.36 points, or 1.5%, to 9, 708.50.
The discovery raised concerns that BSE was transmissible and could potentially infect humans.
They included institutions such as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and a consortium led by ICICI Bank, India's second largest.
In this case, the USDA reports that it was a rare form of BSE not likely carried by contaminated feed.
And in the last fifteen years, it has not had a single case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), "mad cow disease".
He added that he did not approve a statement by the then Agriculture Minister, John Gummer, that BSE was "perfectly safe".
In this case, the Agricultural Department reported that the cow had a rare form of BSE not likely carried by contaminated feed.
Eating contaminated meat or some other animal products from cattle that have BSE is thought to be the cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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