Mad Cow Disease Found in US Cow

ABC News ^ | April 24, 2012 | Carrie Gann and Dan Childs

[Olog-hai]

The Department of Agriculture today confirmed a case of mad cow disease found in a dairy cow in central California.

In a press briefing today, John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer, said the cow's meat did not enter the food supply and the carcass will be destroyed.

The animal was found at a rendering facility run by Baker Commodities in Hanford, Calif. The disease was discovered when the company selected the cow for random sampling, Baker Commodities executive vice president Dennis Luckey told The Associated Press.

The Agriculture Department confirmed today that the cow is the fourth discovered in the United States to test positive for the disease, but stressed that consumers were not at risk because the animal was not bound for the food supply.

"There is really no concern for alarm here with regards to this animal," Clifford said. "Both human health and animal health are protected with regards to this issue."

Government officials were quick to reassure the public that the finding posed no threat to humans. …

This is the fourth case of mad cow disease in the U.S. cattle supply since December 2003. The first U.S. BSE case was in 2003, found in a Washington state dairy cow that had been slaughtered. The second case was found in June 2005 in a cow in Texas, and the third was found in a cow in Alabama in 2006. …

[Huskrrrr]

Did you hear the latest about Michelle....oh never mind.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Debbie Wasserman Shultz is a “Mad Cow” no wonder she’s always so darn angry

[wideminded]

The disease was discovered when the company selected the cow for random sampling,

Reassuring - NOT.

[jonatron]

The disease was discovered when the company selected the cow for random sampling, Baker Commodities executive vice president Dennis Luckey told The Associated Press.

Now what are the odds of that?

[maine yankee]

but stressed that consumers were not at risk because the animal was not bound for the food supply.

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Only because it got tested.

How many other animals were tested after this one from the same source ?

[1010RD]

It will be fine with the government protecting us.

[annieokie]

but stressed that consumers were not at risk because the animal was not bound for the food supply.

It was a dairy cow? Guess milk don't count as a food supply these days.

[Revolting cat!]

Sorry, I’ll go my way now, I thought the thread was about Hillary.

[TBall]

I remember being so upset that the govt would not let Creekstone test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creekstone_Farms_Premium_Beef

[RedMDer]

Click the link. The Republic you save may be your own.

[annieokie]

$20 per test????? There is a company that wants to do the right thing and the government says NO.

Guess the government doesn't want this company to be the purest, as it would be unfair to the other companies.

Where do we buy Creekstone Meat?

[aberaussie]

A friend of mine recently passed away from the human version of this disease - not confirmed yet, but the brain biopsy implies that is what she had. No idea how she got it. Very scary.

[wideminded]

How many other animals were tested after this one from the same source ?

I'd be more concerned about how many weren't tested before this one.