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Category: BSE

  • Another Case

    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a7KiAfFIHgjM&refer=canada">Canada Says Alberta Dairy Cow Is 12th Mad-Cow Case </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Canada confirmed its 12th case of mad-cow disease in an animal born about five years after the nation banned some feed ingredients to halt the spread of the brain-wasting illness.<br />n<br />nThe sick animal was a six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta, the Canadian…

  • Recall

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=2A88FCDB-D4DE-1315-5A79DEB6B457E0D1"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> initiates largest beef recall ever</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> announced Sunday the parent company of the Hallmark/Westland packing plant in Chino, California had agreed to voluntarily recall…

  • New Case

    <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Mad-Cow.php">Canadian food inspection agency confirms mad cow disease in 13-year-old animal</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>OTTAWA: Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the country's 11th case since the disease was first discovered in 2003.<br />n<br />nThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no part of the cow's carcass entered the human food or…

  • Rules

    I didn't comment on the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s OTM rule yesterday allowing older Canadian Cattle to be imported into the US. It's one of those situations that I have mixed feelings about.<br />n<br />nThe people opposed to the OTM rule say that they…

  • Priorities

    <a href="http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2007/10/30/local_news_updates/19local_10-30-07.txt">Tainted meat traced to Canada</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A now-closed Canadian beef company was the source of contaminated meat that sickened 45 people in eight states, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say.<br />n<br />nOne of those states was Wyoming. A recall pulled the meat from shelves in Cheyenne in late September and early October.<br />n<br />nA…

  • Sue Them

    I guess the answer to everything is to sue somebody. Now Canadian cattlemen are <a href="http://provisioneronline.com/viewnews2.php?nid=1797">suing the US government</a> over our closing of the border between us to Canadian beef due to <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> concerns. I know Canadian cattleman really suffered during the border shutdown but is it really necessary to sue? What…

  • Border Ruling

    I know I am a little behind on this one but life sometimes gets in the way of things. The <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/09/0247.xml">has approved</a> the import of Canadian cattle over 30 months of age into the US. This is, to say…

  • Wrong

    I've been following the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain with interest, does this surprise you, but something is a little wrong <a href="http://www.afrol.com/articles/26353">here</a> and <a href="http://english.sabah.com.tr/4AAD700B478D4C33B10AAFEEE0DF7D7F.html">here</a> with the reporting on this issue. Both of these stories are saying that it is <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> affecting the British herds, not foot and mouth…

  • Risks

    What are the real risks of contracting a disease. Sometimes people worry about the wrong things. The whole US beef ban in South Korea and limited market in Japan is all due to <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> and the fears that people will contract variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from it. So what's the real chance of…

  • The Government Frowns on BSE Testing

    You might, or might not, remember when a Federal Judge ruled that <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/plugin/tag/creekstone+farms+premium+beef">Creekstone Farms Premium Beef could test the cattle they slaughter for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a> at the end of March. The Judge also stayed his ruling to give the Government the chance to appeal his verdict.<br />n<br />nNo surprise, the <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=DEB0317E-AD16-A481-450588E69AFE2A63"><acronym…