The Mad Cow Disease Primer
Science, Regulations, and Policies Concerning BSE
Authored by Olsson, Frank & Weeda, P.C.
Do you know how to respond when your customers, or your suppliers ask you about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease and its impact, if any on food safety? This 38-page summary of the science and history of BSE is armed with information to make you better equipped to understand this complex issue.
In the spring of 1996, the British government made a frightening announcement. Despite earlier assurances that it could not happen, an incurable, fatal disease of cattle, called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease," apparently had been transmitted to people who ate infected beef products. Since this announcement, BSE has spread to other nations, and scientific evidence has confirmed that BSE can be transmitted to humans, causing new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD).
On December 23, 2003, the U.S. announced that a cow imported into the United States from Canada had also tested positive for the disease. Although the U.S. government acted quickly after each discovery to implement new measures to further enhance its BSE protection programs and dispel concerns regarding the safety of the U.S. beef supply, serious questions remain.
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