Canada Vows Mad Cow Case Poses No Threat

[Guest guest]

Gee, imagine that, Mad Cow poses no threat to human health. Maybe the

canadian testing program could take lessons from the FDA in how not to

find it with their testing program in the first place.

 

If they put spin on Mad Cow to the extent that they do on many other

things, who knows maybe the FDA will soon be telling everyone that Mad

Cow Disease is actually good for you. F.

 

 

 

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Canada Vows Mad Cow Case Poses No Threat

 

Mon Jan 3, 5:39 PM ET

 

By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer

 

TORONTO - A new case of mad cow disease discovered in Canada poses no

threat to human health or trade, and the United States has assured

Canadian officials it will not block beef imports, the country's

agriculture minister said Monday.

 

 

 

" Canada has a strong regulatory regime in place to protect against the

spread of BSE (news - web sites), " Minister Andrew Mitchell said,

referring bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. " From

a public health perspective, this finding does not threaten the safety

of Canadian beef. "

 

Canada revealed Sunday that an 8-year-old dairy cow in Alberta tested

positive for the brain-wasting illness, confirming preliminary test

results released last week. The cow did not enter the human or animal

food supply, Mitchell said.

 

Despite learning of the case, the Bush administration said that it

would stand by its decision to renew Canadian cattle imports in March,

citing a World Health Organization (news - web sites) study that even

if 11 cases of mad cow disease were discovered in the 5.5 million head

Canadian cattle herd every year, they would pose only a minimal threat

to human health.

 

" Canada has been assured by the United States Department of

Agriculture that this case will have no impact on the restoration of

live cattle and broadened beef trade " across the border, Mitchell said

Monday, after speaking with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann M.

Veneman on Sunday.

[Guest guest]

who knows maybe the FDA will soon be telling everyone that Mad

Cow Disease is actually good for you. F.

 

I wouldn't be surprised.

Thanks for this article--as insane as it is.

I worry about the food supply, and I do not believe that the 'terrorism threat'

exists only from other countries.

All the hormones and antibiotics that are already fed to these cows, plus the

BSE factor really make my resolution to find a house this year and finally plant

another garden to grow my own food (except for cows lol) a true goal.

 

-Glenna/Seattle

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califpacific

Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:40 AM

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