Category: BSE
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Controlled Risk
I missed this with being so busy and the Brucellosis problem in Montana, but the <a href="http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-05-22T193630Z_01_N22412272_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-USA-CANADA-BEEF-COL.XML">US received a "controlled risk" status</a> for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). This is really good news. Under this status age restrictions for beef are no longer valid and any country who…
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Willing
I see that <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=682D236E-DC90-7633-9DC0437FCCCD3387">South Korean consumers are willing to buy US Beef</a>. It's just the politicians are trying to keep it from happening. I notice when US beef was offered in Japan the consumer was willing to buy it to. The politicians from these countries are reading their consumers wrong and maybe should open…
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Another Round of BSE For Canada
A tenth case of <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-03-02.asp"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada has been reported</a>. Why is this of such interest to me? It has ignited the debate on <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> and expanding imports of Canadian cattle into the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, introduced legislation today that…
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Who Cares
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=DCA9A375-F000-AD9E-A311AA3E2AFF173A" >Birth cohort of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>-positive cow slaughtered in U.S.</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In February, Canada found the ninth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (<acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>) on its soil. It involved a seven year-old bull in Alberta. And it turns out it's possible the mother of that bull also gave birth to…
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BSE Testing
I see Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has finally prevailed and has received permission to <a hre="http://www.forextv.com/FT/AFX/ShowStory.jsp?seq=210481">perform <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing</a> on all the beef it slaughters if that is what they want to do. This permission is tentative since the Judge stayed his ruling until June 1st so the Government can appeal the decision.<br…
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Controlled-Risk
I see that the US and Canada might get <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aUf0L2lZAzfM&refer=canada">`Controlled-Risk' Status for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. The article claims this status might help us get some of our lost export markets back. I'm not so sure. <a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070313/650000000020070313180856E6.html">South Korea has indicated</a> that no mater what status we get from OIE, they are going to…
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Running Scared
Can you guess who is running scared from <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>? The big Meat packers, <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>, good guess but wrong. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>And industry officials say they're ready to put up a fight.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWow, they are really going to fight this. Who…
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New BSE Case, No Bull
It seems like Canada has a <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-02-07-mad-cow-canada_x.htm">new case</a> of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> cropping up. This time it is in a bull of an uncertain age, they think 5 to 7 years, and are starting to try and figure out where it got the infected feed. The report indicates that the animal never entered…
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Interesting Problem
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aROCMcTjM8_g&refer=home" >Removing Gene for Mad-Cow Disease May Breed Healthier Cattle </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cattle can be genetically altered to lack the protein that causes mad-cow disease without adverse health effects, a study suggests.<br />n<br />nScientists at Hematech Inc., a unit of Japan's Kirin Brewery Co., and the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that cows bred…
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Viewpoint
You can approach <a href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=89dc6f31-2b09-445f-945e-d701f077ecf9&k=56014">this story</a> about contaminated feed in Canada in two different ways.<br />n<br />nEither it shows that Canada still doesn't have the feed situation under control to help prevent <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> or it just shows how hard they are working to fix the problems in their feed system and admitting…