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From USDA: Update from APHIS Regarding a Detection of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2012/05/bse_update_statement.shtml On April 24, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the nation’s 4th case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in an animal that was sampled for the disease at a rendering facility in central California. This animal … Continue reading
Posted in BSE, Food Safety
Tagged APHIS, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, USDA
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Robust testing for BSE (Mad Cow Disease) in California and U.S.
There was some confusion this week about bovine spongeform encephalopathy (BSE), or, as it’s commonly known, mad cow disease. Humans who are exposed to it by eating infected animal tissues–the only way it can be contracted–develop a disease called Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob … Continue reading
Posted in Food Access, Food Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged beef, BSE, crueztfeldt-jakob disease, food safety testing, mad cow disease
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