Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is the human version of mad cow disease and has been described as a "ticking time bomb" in Britain. This documentary explores the claims by families of vCJD victims that a criminal inquiry should be held to examine the possibility of a cover-up by authorities of BSE in farming and the food industry.
Direction
Unflinching interviews with families destroyed by bureaucratic silence.
Writing
Tight 73-minute runtime — no filler, just escalating dread.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1990s 'mad cow' panic devastated British beef exports and reshaped EU food safety law — this film asks who paid the real price.
Many vCJD victims were young adults with a specific genetic profile; scientists still don't know if a second wave could emerge in other genotypes.
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