Mad cow disease ban for blood donations from UK residents lifted in Australia by TGA

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People currently barred from donating blood in Australia will soon be able to roll up their sleeves after the TGA approved Red Cross Lifeblood to receive donations from people who lived in the UK between 1980 and 1996 and may have been affected with mad cow disease.

People currently barred from donating blood in Australia will soon be able to roll up their sleeves after the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved Red Cross Lifeblood to receive donations from people who lived in the UK between 1980 and 1996.The ban was lifted today by they Therapeutic Drugs Administration, Red Cross Lifeblood says

Executive director of Donor Services for Red Cross Lifeblood, Cath Stone, said that ban had today been lifted by the TGA.

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