From: TSS (216-119-131-239.ipset11.wt.net)
Subject: Re: MAD COW BSE NEW CASES JAPAN, CZECH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Date: September 13, 2004 at 2:41 pm PST
In Reply to: MAD COW BSE NEW CASES JAPAN, CZECH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY AND NORTHERN IRELAND posted by TSS on September 13, 2004 at 2:35 pm:
WHAT ABOUT THOSE MAD COWS IN THE USA ???
May 13, 2004
Failure To Test Staggering Cow May Reflect Wider Problems
Rep. Waxman raises concerns that the recent failure of USDA to test an
impaired cow for BSE may not be an isolated incident, citing the failure
of USDA to monitor whether cows condemned for central nervous system
symptoms are actually tested for mad cow disease.
- Letter to USDA
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs_108_2/pdfs_inves/pdf_food_usda_mad_cow_may_13_let.pdf
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs_108_2/pdfs_inves/pdf_food_usda_mad_cow_may_13_let.pdf
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THAT ONE TEXAS MAD COW IS ONLY TIP OF ICE BURG;
No mad cow results for nearly 500 cows
By Steve Mitchell
United Press International
Published 8/11/2004 11:23 AM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture failed
to test for mad cow disease or collect the correct portion of the brain
on nearly 500 suspect cows over the past two years -- including some in
categories considered most likely to be infected -- according to agency
records obtained by United Press International.
The testing problems mean it may never be known with certainty whether
these animals were infected with the deadly disease. Department
officials said these animals were not included in the agency's final
tally of mad cow tests, but the records, obtained by UPI under the
Freedom of Information Act, indicate at least some of them were counted...
snip...
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Steve Mitchell is UPI's Medical Correspondent. E-mail sciencemail@upi.com
Copyright © 2001-2004 United Press International
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040810-042935-2066r
EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk
(GBR) of the United States of America (USA)
Adopted July 2004 (Question N° EFSA-Q-2003-083)
[20 August 2004]
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/efsa_scientific_reports/gbr_assessments/catindex_en.html
THEY CALL IT THE SSS POLICY, SHOOT, SHOVEL AND SHUT THE HELL UP...TSS
