| SPECIAL EDITION: BSE Case Discovered in Washington State (12/24/03) |
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USDA Makes Preliminary Diagnosis of BSE - 12/23 Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has diagnosed a presumptive positive case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an adult Holstein cow in the state of Washington. more >> U.S. Braces for Impact of Mad Cow Disease - 12/23 AP From consumers to beef producers, Americans braced for the fallout from the apparent discovery of mad cow disease in the United States even as federal officials insisted the food supply was safe. more >> Beef Businesses May Be Hit Hard - 12/24 Washington Post The discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington State could deal a heavy blow to the livestock industry and other beef-dependent businesses, possibly even U.S. restaurant chains. more >> The Spread of Mad Cow Disease - 12/23 Reuters The following are key dates in the spread of mad cow disease, believed to be transmitted by contaminated meat-and-bone meal fed to cattle. more >> Economists: Limited U.S. Mad Cow Impact - 12/23 Reuters The announcement on Tuesday of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease will have a short-term impact on the economy, economists said, but that impact will remain limited if no further cases are found. more >> USDA: BSE Information and Resources Click on the following site for the latest information from the USDA. more >> NCBA: BSEinfo.org The NCBA site www.bseinfo.org provides information on the beef industry, scientific resources on BSE and vCJD, and links to relevant government and industry groups. more >> USDA Backgrounder on BSE Surveillance This Backgrounder contains an overview of USDA BSE Surveillance to date, prevention strategies and firewalls already in place, figures, and references. more >> USDA Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Response Plan Summary As an emergency preparedness measure, USDA has developed this BSE Response Plan to be initiated in the event that a case of BSE is diagnosed in the United States. The Plan details comprehensive instructions for USDA staff as to who is to do what, when, where, and how in the event that BSE were to be diagnosed in the United States. more >> Continuous International Ag News Updates The following link from Successful Farming basically provide up to the minute links to breaking news stories related to agricultural issues: more >> USDA to Host Daily News Conferences Starting Today Beginning today at 10:30 AM EST, the USDA will host daily news conferences to update the press and public on new developments concerning the presumptive positive case of BSE in Washington state. more >> Additional Links of Interest The following links provide additional background and information on BSE, government action plans, the Harvard Risk Assessment and more: more >> USDA HALTS LIVESTOCK RISK PROTECTION INSURANCE BECAUSE OF BSE The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced today that applications for Specific Coverage Endorsements for Fed Cattle and Feeder Cattle under the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance Policy are temporarily suspended pending further review of market conditions. more >> U.S. Prepares for Mad Cow Impact - Officials Investigate How Animal May Have Been Infected - 12/24 AP Federal officials scrambled Wednesday to trace the life of the first U.S. cow believed infected with mad cow disease while trying to contain the growing economic damage from a now-suspect food supply. more >> U.S. Recalls Meat Linked To Wash. Slaughterhouse - 12/25 Washington Post Federal officials announced the recall yesterday of more than 10,000 pounds of meat that passed through a Washington state slaughterhouse on the same day as a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease. more >> USDA Confirms Age of BSE-infected Cow Pre-dates Feed Ban - 12/ 29 Feedstuffs The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported today that the owner of the cow confirmed to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Washington state reported that the cow was six to six-and-a-half years old, which is consistent with Canadian records showing the animal was born in April 1997. more >> USDA, NCBA report BSE animal imported from Canada - 12/29 Meating Place In a statement released Saturday, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found records indicating the Washington state dairy cow testing positive for BSE was imported from Canada. more >> FDA Statement on Rendered Products Derived From BSE Cow in Washington State - 12/27 FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that its investigators and inspectors from the states of Washington and Oregon have located all of the potentially-infectious product rendered from the one cow that has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, known as mad cow disease) in Washington State. more >> Milk from US Mad Cow is Safe to Drink, FDA Says - 12/29 Reuters Milk from the Washington state dairy cow infected with mad cow disease is safe to drink, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday. more >> USDA Mulls Changes to Meat Testing System - 12/29 Successful Farming Even though a risk assessment study conducted at Harvard University shows current USDA testing would be able to detect extremely low incidences of Mad Cow disease, the federal government is considering changes to its meat testing, officials said Monday. more >> BSE Will Spur Congress Review COOL, Ban on Downer Cow Slaughter - 12/30 Successful Farming The discovery of mad cow disease in a Washington state dairy cow will spur Congress to take up several meat safety topics again in 2004, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told reporters Tuesday. more >> Veneman Announces Additional Protection Measures to Guard Against BSE - 12/30 USDA Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced additional safeguards to bolster the U.S. protection systems against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE, and further protect public health. more >> US, Canada at Odds Over Mad Cow Origin - 12/29 Reuters The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Saturday the Washington state dairy cow infected with mad cow disease had probably been imported from Canada but Canadian authorities called the statement premature. more >> USDA to Rethink Opening Border to Canadian Cattle - 12/28 Reuters The United States will take another look at its proposal to reopen the border to some Canadian cattle after finding mad cow disease in Washington state, a U.S. Agriculture Department spokeswoman told Reuters on Saturday. more >> USDA Says Mad Cow Probe Could Take Months - 12/26 Reuters An investigation into the nation's first case of mad cow disease could take months, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday, after it quarantined a second cattle herd in Washington state. more >> Mad-cow Beef Recall Expanded to Eight States - 12/28 Reuters U.S. officials expanded the recall of more than 10,000 pounds of beef to eight states and Guam in an effort to control the fallout from the discovery of mad cow disease in a Washington dairy cow. more >> Presidential Nominees Criticize Bush Administration Over BSE - 12/30 MeatingPlace Responding to the discovery of a single cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry proposed several changes to livestock inspections while candidate Howard Dean said the Bush administration failed cattle producers by not having adequate plans in place to cope with the discovery. more >> USDA: Recalled Meat Represents 'Zero Risk' to Consumers - 12/30 MeatingPlace Agriculture Department officials maintain that despite a 10,000-pound recall of meat possibly containing processed parts of a BSE-infected animal, there is no health risk to consumers. more >> USDA Sees Little Benefit in Testing All Sick Cows - 12/29 Reuters U.S. officials, faced with the first case of mad cow disease on American soil, said on Monday testing all injured or sick cattle for the brain-wasting disease would do little to strengthen food safety. more >> USDA to Adopt Faster, 48-Hour Mad Cow Test - 1/2 Reuters The U.S. government will adopt a faster test to detect mad cow disease in all injured or sick cattle that arrive at slaughter plants, delivering test results within 48 hours, the U.S. Agriculture Department said this week. more >> Scientists Discover That Enzyme Degrades Mad Cow Disease Prion - NC State Research by North Carolina State University scientists, in conjunction with scientists from the Netherlands and BioResource International, an NC State spin-off biotechnology company, has shown that, under proper conditions, an enzyme can fully degrade the prion – or protein particle – believed to be responsible for mad cow disease and other related animal and human diseases. more >> |
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