British-French row hots up

London - The row over the French ban on British beef heated up yesterday as Britain accused France of using outdated information…

London - The row over the French ban on British beef heated up yesterday as Britain accused France of using outdated information to justify its stand and dragging its feet over an EU stamp of approval.

"The French can't go on trying to find new evidence or to claim they have new evidence or they're going to have new evidence," the Agriculture Minister, Mr Nick Brown, said.