The disease was found in a 13-year-old beef cow from
Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced. "The animal's
carcass is under CFIA control, and no part of it entered the human food or
animal feed systems," the agency said in a news release.
Precautions
The cow's age means it was born before Canada and the United States banned the use of ruminant animal protein in cattle feed in 1997. Canada's latest BSE precaution was to ban the use of cattle-derived "specified risk materials," such as the brain and spinal cord, from animal feeds, pet foods, and fertilizers. The ban took effect Jul 12. US officials have been considering a similar step for more than 2 years. Both countries banned specified risk materials from human food previously.
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Precautions
The cow's age means it was born before Canada and the United States banned the use of ruminant animal protein in cattle feed in 1997. Canada's latest BSE precaution was to ban the use of cattle-derived "specified risk materials," such as the brain and spinal cord, from animal feeds, pet foods, and fertilizers. The ban took effect Jul 12. US officials have been considering a similar step for more than 2 years. Both countries banned specified risk materials from human food previously.
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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