prob the highest incidence in North America is in the US
Colrado Springs is a problem area. It spread into the local deer population.
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So why doesn't Creekstone just test in Canada or Mexico or anywhere the
USDA doesn't have jurisdiction?
Fedex.
> the government doesnt want the extent of mad cow to be known as it is high
> in some areas.
>
>
> Keith Addison wrote:
> See also:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6711179.stm
> BBC NEWS
> EU urged to relax farm feed rules
> 1 June 2007
>>The European Commission has been urged to lift the ban on using
>>animal remains in farm feed. EU scientists are looking at the safety
>>of using animal by-products...
>
> What safety is that? Some people never learn. - K
>
> ------
>
> The EU is currently funding research on the impacts of feeding animal
> carcasses to other farm animals.
> U.S. government fights to keep meatpackers from testing all
> slaughtered cattle for mad cow
> The Associated Press
> Published: May 29, 2007
>
> WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to
> keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.
>
> The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered
> cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted
> beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone
> Farms Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows.
>
> Larger meat companies feared that move because, if Creekstone should
> test its meat and advertised it as safe, they might have to perform
> the expensive tests on their larger herds as well.
>
> The Agriculture Department regulates the test and argued that
> widespread testing could lead to a false positive that would harm the
> meat industry.
>
> A federal judge ruled in March that such tests must be allowed. U.S.
> District Judge James Robertson noted that Creekstone sought to use
> the same test the government relies on and said the government didn't
> have the authority to restrict it. - A federal judge ruled in March
> that such tests must be allowed. The ruling was scheduled to take
> effect June 1, but the Agriculture Department said Tuesday it would
> appeal, effectively delaying the testing until the court challenge
> has played out.
>
> Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is linked to
> more than 150 human deaths worldwide, mostly in Britain.
>
> Three cases of mad cow disease have been found in the United States.
> The first, in December 2003 in Washington state, was in a cow that
> had been imported from Canada. The second, in 2005, was in a cow born
> in Texas. The third was confirmed last year in an Alabama cow.
>
> Found at:
> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Mad-Cow.ph
> p
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