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Up To 12 Cases Of Mad Cow Allowed Yearly !

 

From Patricia Doyle
3-1-15

 
 
Hello Jeff - Are you aware of how countries avoid not having their beef banned from other markets when a case of Mad Cow is found as it was in Canada?

It seems that countries are encouraged to keep importing cattle when a case is found as there must be 12 cases of mad cow found within a year for banning to occur.

No wonder I did not hear the US would ban beef from Canada. Sneaky.

"Canada's first case since 2011 will not affect Canada's international beef trade because Canada works under international protocols that allow for up to 12 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy a year."

Patty


Officials Confirm Mad Cow Disease In Beef Cow From Alberta, Canada

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- A case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in a beef cow from Alberta, Canadian officials announced recently.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada's first case since 2011 will not affect Canada's international beef trade because Canada works under international protocols that allow for up to 12 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy a year.

Previous cases badly damaged the country's beef industry.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no part of the animal's carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal and untreatable wasting disease of the brain and nervous systems. Humans who eat infected beef can develop a fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Fewer than 250 human cases have been reported worldwide.

Canada's first known case was discovered in 1993 in a cow from a farm near Red Deer, Alberta. The animal had been imported from Britain.

The first instance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a Canadian-born beef cow was in May 2003. It's suspected that animal became infected through contaminated animal feed that contained a protein supplement made with ground meat and bone meal.

That case devastated Canada's beef industry as more than 40 markets immediately closed their borders to Canadian cattle and beef products. Many of those markets since have reopened.

Testing of cattle was strengthened following the mad cow crisis and specified risk materials, such as brains and spinal columns, were banned for use in feed and other products.

http://www.theeagle.com/landandlivestockpost/officials-confirm-mad-cow-disease-in-beef-cow-from-alberta/article_95b3af99-1f24-5223-bc6c-e3623982d860.html

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