U.S. probing possible third mad-cow case

[norml]

March 11, 2006, 11:30PM
U.S. probing possible third mad-cow case


Reuters News Service

WASHINGTON - The Department of Agriculture is investigating a possible third U.S. case of mad cow disease, officials said Saturday, which could be a setback after months of work to reopen beef trade with Japan and South Korea.

Results from two definitive tests on the dead cow will be available in four to seven days. The suspect animal was found when a brain sample yielded an "inconclusive" result in a less-accurate rapid-screening test.

John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinarian, said there is no risk to public health as the carcass did not enter the food chain. The department did not say where the suspect animal was found.

American consumers generally have shrugged off the disease, fatal in cattle, since it was first discovered here in December 2003. Per capita consumption of beef has climbed and is forecast at 66.9 pounds in 2006.

Japan and South Korea have been slow to resume trade despite U.S. assurances that its beef is safe. Japan banned U.S. beef for two years, reopened trade for one month and then suspended it on Jan. 20 when inspectors found forbidden spinal material in veal.


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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3717581.html

[Dem2theMax]

1. OK, we all know the first two cases were * and Cheney.

Who is the third? :evilgrin:

Hey, I had to beat someone, anyone, to it. ;)

[3waygeek]

9. Gotta be either

Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

2. one more good reason to go VEGAN -- meat is the way of the old days

ring in the new-
We must save ourselves or we are of no use to anyone.

Don't eat cows or cow products-don't eat mammals or birds(bird flu)
don't eat anything with a face- or anything that had a mother.

Stay alive so you can help out when the shit goes down--
and is iZZZ going down soon--
and it iZZZ going down hard.

Some are likely to survive-
let's increase the odds for you and your families-

We have been warned by nature-
it's not too late to change.



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[Odin2005]

11. You can't get Avian flu from eating poultry.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

16. Where did you get THAT? many have died after eating birds

There was even a specialon TV about it recenty-
it's common knowege dude-

Bird meat can pass the virus-

Where the hell you been?

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Japan just don't trust them USA inspectors, wunder why??

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From the posted Article:

"Japan banned U.S. beef for two years, reopened trade for one month and then suspended it on Jan. 20 when inspectors found forbidden spinal material in veal."
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Poor USA just ain't trusted ANYWHERE around the globe these days.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Have you noticed how lack of integrity is bad for business?

Sometimes, doing things the right way is less expensive that paying for a public relations campaign that is going to fall on deaf ears anyways.

[Brazenly Liberal]

4. That's a miracle!

With the effort the US puts into denial about Mad Cow, it's amazing that another case was diagnosed.


http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0107-07.htm">You couln't pay me to eat beef

[depakid]

5. For every 3 they find

you can bet that there are probably at least 300 more that are slipping through undetected.

It'll be interesting to see what kinds of clusters emerge when the cases start showing up in the next decade....

[valerief]

7. Yeah, I kinda see these official cases as polling stats.

One represents many, many more.

[HuffleClaw]

14. good point

and a creepy one.

[Quakerfriend]

8. But, the gov't has not said a word about the 13 confirmed cases

that were discovered in NJ- all had been patrons of the same racetrack.

I'm so sick of their poisoning of our food system! Why don't americans want to here about this? The Europeans and the rest of the world all know about this crap.

[MrPrax]

12. Even sadder still...

is that each of these compromises to the food supply, whether it be 'diseased' meat, irradiation or GM crops, are ALL done soley to enhance corporate profit and can't EVEN be defended as a public good.

[donsu]

10. kicking for all our good health

nt

[0007]

13. Makes one wonder how many cases have been covered up!

[VegasWolf]

15. Kathleen Harris???? nt

[kestrel91316]

17. "Inconclusive", my a - - . You do realize, don't you, that the test

has only two possible results: NEGATIVE and INCONCLUSIVE.

:rofl:

On rapid screening tests on MY planet, we have negative and positive. There may occasionally be a WEAK positive. And we acknowledge that on further confirmatory testing, we may get a negative (then we refer to the first as a false positive).

"Inconclusive" is Orwellian doublespeak, IMHO. Anything not negative is a positive until proven otherwise.