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Jim Rogers (202) 690-4755 Christy Rhodes (334) 240-7103 USDA/Alabama BSE Epidemiological Update WASHINGTON , March 16, 2006 --Today, officials with the state of Alabama and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have completed work at the farm in Alabama to recover the remains of the cow that tested earlier this week as positive for BSE. Federal and state agriculture workers excavated the remains of the animal, which had been buried on the farm and did not enter the animal or human food chain, in accordance with USDA protocols. While the carcass matches the description provided by the owner, samples are being sent to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames , Iowa to match DNA with the positive sample. The DNA will also be used to match suspected siblings and offspring found during the epidemiological investigation. After further examination, experts confirmed through dentition that the animal was at least 10 years of age. This means the animal would have been born prior to the implementation of the Food and Drug Administration's 1997 feed ban. Human and animal health in the United States is protected by a system of interlocking safeguards, which ensure the safety of U.S. beef. The most important of these safeguards is the ban on specified risk materials from the food supply and the FDA's ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban. In addition to the carcass, federal agriculture officials located a six-week-old calf belonging to the BSE positive animal. The calf has been quarantined and is being moved to NVSL for further observation. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will begin tomorrow to post daily updates on the progress of the epidemiological investigation on its website between 4 and 5 p.m. EST. The updates will be available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/03/bse_al-epi_vs.shtml > After further examination, experts confirmed through dentition that the animal was at least 10 years of age. this is total USDA BSe at it's finest. why cant they confirm the age as in the UK, with blood/dna, to get an accurate age? > This means the animal would have been born prior to the implementation of the Food and Drug Administration's 1997 feed ban. no, this means they covered up the age with the excuse of no records and having to use dentition, a prehistoric means of detecting the age of animals, kinda like reading tea leaves, and we are speaking of a borderline case, where months could mean the difference. we can look back at the BSE testing in Texas that took 8 months and an act of congress to get confirmed (and these same fools are in office), a laugher to say the least, we can look at the inconclusive that was preserved prematurely as to render any WB or rapid test only IHC the least likely (this was the Fong effect), or the same with the other 9,200 they only used IHC, the least likely to detect BSE as the (retired Dr. Detwiler;-) tried to tell them, or the mad cow in Texas they just did not test at all, sent that stumbling and staggering cow to the render. nope this is the same old song and dance that has been coming out of the USDA for years and years, and who pays the price? (everybody go look in the mirror now, and that is the answer). or the excuses of inspectors that have to be retrained??? what the heck is that about??? we have been told since 8/4/97 via red books, green books, blue books, bse emergency response plans, bse surveillance, etc, that everything was already in place. now look where we are, nobody can even access BSE for research without specific permission from the federal gov. ...rotaruckther folks! when you have the industry run the gov, or in the case, usda/aphis/fsis et al, this is what you get. and i see no change in the near future, only body bags, and they are mounting as slow as it may seem $$$ http://www.prwatch.org/node/4624 http://www.prwatch.org/node/4624/print Suppressed peer review of Harvard study October 31, 2002 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/BSE_Peer_Review.pdf Marie A. Vodicka, PhD Assistant Vice President Biologics & Blotechnology Scientlflc & Regulatory Affairs SCIENCE & REG AFFAIRS Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, rrn . 1061 Rackville, MD 20862 Re: Substances Prohibited from Use in Animal Food or Feed, Proposed Rule, No. 2002N-0273 February 14, 2006 Dear Sir or Madam : The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is comment to the proposed rules issued. ...... snip... http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/02n0273/02n-0273-c000534-01-vol45.pdf Subject: Docket No: 2002N-0273 (formerly Docket No. 02N-0273) Substances December 20,2005 Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No: 2002N-0273 (formerly Docket No. 02N-0273) Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food and Feed Dear Sir or Madame: As scientists and Irecognized experts who have worked in the field of TSEs decades, we are deeply concerned by the recent discoveries of indigenous BSE cattle in North America and appreciate the opportunity to submit comments to snip... Given that BSE can be transmitted to cattle via an oral route with just .OO1 Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No: 2002N-0273 (formerly Docket No. 02N-0273) Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food and Feed Dear Sir or Madame: The McDonald’s Corporation buys more beef than any other restaurant in the essential for our customers and our company that the beef has the highest Concerning BSE, ........... snip....... http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/02n0273/02n-0273_emc-000134-02.pdf http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/03-025IFA/03-025IFA-2.pdf http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/03n0312/03N-0312_emc-000001.txt Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed Comment Number: EC -10 Accepted - Volume 2 genotype can lead to an alternate phenotype that is indistinguishable from type 2 PrPSc, the commonest _sporadic_ CJD; > see increase of sporadic CJD over the years ; TSS
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