The Center for Global Food Issues Provides the Latest News on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also Known as Mad Cow Disease.
December 10, 2004 from Penn State University
University Park, Pa. -- With the most recent threat of mad cow disease on American soil revealed as a false alarm, a specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says consumers still can have confidence that the nation's beef supply is safe.
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With many special interest groups hoping to benefit by generating public alarm over "mad cow" disease, real facts can be hard to find. Even the name "mad cow" has been used because of the emotional reaction it produces. The real name for the disease, after all, is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Despite the detection of a single case of the disease in the United States, BSE does not present a public health risk for the American population. Through Mad-Cow-Facts.com and this BSE News Blog, the Center for Global Food Issues hopes to provide concerned beef consumers with credible information about mad cow disease and related variant (vCJD) from recognized academic and industry experts. Learn More About Mad Cow Disease...
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