Mad Cow Disease Updates

Mad Cow Disease Updates!

December 24, 2003

Statement of Probable Case of BSE in Washington State

Following the announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture late yesterday that a Holstein cow in the State of Washington has tested presumptively positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or “mad cow disease”), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dispatched several teams of investigators to trace back and trace forward the potential involvement of any FDA-regulated commodities.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00999.html

May 2003
Mad Cow Disease Found In Canada

Foreign Desk | May 21, 2003, Wednesday
Case of Mad Cow in Canada Prompts U.S. to Ban Its Beef

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS with SANDRA BLAKESLEE (NYT) 1076 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 1 , Column 5

ABSTRACT - Mad cow disease is diagnosed in cow from unidentified ranch in Alberta, prompting US to ban imports of beef, cattle and animal feed from Canada; trading on Canadian livestock futures is suspended and stock prices of many US and Canadian meat and restaurant companies fall sharply; authorities are not sure if eight-year-old cow was imported or contracted disease in Canada, which is world's tenth largest beef producer; US accounts for 78 percent of Canadian beef exports, but they are only four percent of US beef production; cow was to be slaughtered in January when suspicious veterinarian ordered tests; Min Lyle Vanclief stresses that cow did not go into food chain; photos (M) Mad cow disease was diagnosed in a cow in Canada today, and United States health authorities immediately placed a ban on imports of beef, cattle and animal feed from Canada.

The report shocked ranchers through much of western Canada, where trading in livestock was immediately halted because of plummeting cattle prices. The shock waves spread through the financial markets, where prices in many Canadian and American meat and restaurant companies fell sharply.

Prevention Tactics

New York Time, March 20, 2002: The prions cause spongiform encephalopathy, a lethal neurological condition called mad cow disease when it occurs in cattle, chronic wasting disease in elk and deer, and scrapie in sheep. As far as anyone knows, only the cattle disease has infected people, who are believed to have contracted it by eating meat from diseased animals.

The United States Department of Agriculture is now killing all deer and elk herds that have been exposed to chronic wasting disease, said Dr. Linda Detwiler, a veterinarian who leads the mad cow disease working group at the department. The U.S.D.A. will look into the new finding and do cooperative studies with scientific laboratories around the world, she said. Click here for Full story

Did you know the beauty creams you slather on your body and face contains animals? It does unless it's botanical. Some contain just the tallow and fat from them. Tallow contain ground up entrails and junk part of the animals... But here is what is being said about that now...

March 7, 2001
The path of the deadly disease... Number of human beings who have contracted Mad Cow Disease is unknown. http://cgi.newsweek.com/cgi-bin/nwframe?url=http://www.msnbc.com/news/538946.asp

July 28, 2000
Mad Cow Disease in Supplements?
A Maryland doctor questions the safety of dietary supplements because they may contain raw animal products that might be contaminated with mad cow disease. <http://onhealth.com/ch1/MT.asp?t=/ch1/briefs/item$95956.asp&s=1>

NOVEMBER 03, 1999
Mad Cow Disease in Beauty Creams?
British scientists suggest cosmetic creams that contain entrails from cattle may have exposed humans to mad cow disease.

According to a report in the Times of London, Dr. Hilary Pickles says people may have been exposed to the illness using these anti-aging creams on broken skin. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an illness that causes the human nervous system to deteriorate, is believed to be similar to mad cow disease, known clinically as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Dr. Pickles, of the British government’s BSE Committee, says other beauty creams — including collagen creams used to create the appearance of fuller lips — may have contained cattle offal that could have exposed humans to mad cow disease. Dr. Pickles, according to the Times report, is calling for a ban on cattle products in cosmetics. No public warning has been issued in Great Britain yet, but cosmetic companies are being urged to not use products from British cattle.

The European Commission (EC) said there was scientific evidence showing British beef is free of mad cow disease. The EC imposed a global ban on British beef in 1996.

updated 03/24/06

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