USDA confirms that a cow with mad-cow disease has been found in California.

[belindaw]

I'm glad I don't eat to much beef. I try to stay away from red meat as much as possible as it is not good for arthritis.

[RozieDozie]

Originally Posted by belindaw

I'm glad I don't eat to much beef. I try to stay away from red meat as much as possible as it is not good for arthritis.

Welcome to IDig, belindaw.

[bunkie]

Originally Posted by belindaw

I'm glad I don't eat to much beef. I try to stay away from red meat as much as possible as it is not good for arthritis.

from what i've read, if you eat 'grass fed' red meat, it will benefit arthritis, lupus, and more.

welcome to the forum!

[fugacity]

Just to try to be the voice of reason, I'll say again that extrapolating numbers the way that has been done is not very legitimate. Surveilance was higher in the past, very low findings resulted in scaled back surveilance. Just to say that since only 1% are tested that you can automatically multiply numbers out and be statistically correct is nonsense, particulary considering more extensive data from the recent past.

Also, the guardian in the uk is reporting that this is thought to be a spontaneous case not a transmitted one. It was said that if the practice of feeding cow product to cow was ended that this would be a non issue. This is evidently not 100% correct.

Anyway, lets all take a breath and see what the findings are before we start spreading the news that everybody in the country that doesn't eat grass fed beef is going to die a long horrible death.

There is a very real possibility that this is a very isolated incident.

[vivid]

The number of cattle tested for mad cow disease has fallen almost 90 percent since 2005, according to Agriculture Department statistics, a drop that consumer groups say endangers America's food supply. About 40,000 cattle were tested in the year ended Sept. 30, down from 399,575 in 2005, according to USDA data.

[Imp]

Welcome to the board, both belindaw & vivid. Lots of threads in many forums to enjoy and hope you both like the site.

I'd like to see a fast and accurate test developed, but that is something else.

I'll wait for the facts to all be written up before I get too excited over skipping eating quite rare beef, LOL.

[darwinslair]

Originally Posted by vivid

The number of cattle tested for mad cow disease has fallen almost 90 percent since 2005, according to Agriculture Department statistics, a drop that consumer groups say endangers America's food supply. About 40,000 cattle were tested in the year ended Sept. 30, down from 399,575 in 2005, according to USDA data.

If is kind of funny. Without government regulation of the food industry, this would be a non-issue.

The benefit to being a part of the mega-production food industry would be so dangerous, no one would participate in it. The small independent producers would thrive based on the simple fact that they cannot poison millions of people by an oversight, and the mega-producers would go out of business overnight.

Tom

[bunkie]

as someone mentioned before...

Not Only the Cows Are Mad

http://www.otherwords.org/articles/n...e_cows_are_mad

Our government must stop relying on an inadequate testing system and outlaw the feeding of cow blood, fat, and protein to cattle.

The Department of Agriculture determined in April that a cow from California died from an always-fatal disease that triggers dementia and can be transmitted to people. The chilling news about the latest mad cow case was no surprise for me. I've been trying for two decades to stop the cattle feeding practices that transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly called mad cow disease.

After the nation's first proven case in 2003, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore all stopped buying U.S. beef. That prompted pledges from the U.S. government to ban the types of cattle feed linked to mad cow, and the trading resumed. The latest case has many countries re-examining U.S. safety standards, as well they should.....

[GennyL]

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations...ents/index.asp

[RolandClose]

keep the bovine in california. we like our sanity here in florida.