Forum Archive Index - January 2004

["Gavin Treadgold" <gav@rediguana.co.nz>]

I think Woody meant "doubting thomas"... Woody, if posting references, please provide a link to the source.

 

For reference, try these links... note I have placed a few UK links here as they have unfortunately had a lot more experience at this than the Americans. Not to mention the lobbying that goes on in the US :(

 

US Department of Agriculture - currently covered in BSE material

http://www.usda.gov/

 

UK BSE Inquiry

http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/

 

UK Food Standards Agency on BSE

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/bse/

 

What is BSE?

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/bse/what/

 

Specific Material at Risk - body parts

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/multimedia/webpage/srmoct03

 

A list I follow had a couple of recent emails about BSE in the US that may provide some interesting links and reading.

 

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200401/msg00000.html (link to free pdf book on BSE, and has an interesting mention of bovine blood products - don't know if what he says is true though, also mentions politics and the beef lobby)

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200401/msg00002.html

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200401/msg00018.html

 

Back to Woody's point about the milk, I couldn't see anything at this stage that says that milk is affected. However, it would be foolish to state that milk is unaffected until more research has been completed. From my brief glance, it seems that there are still gaps in prion disease knowledge that need to be researched.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers Gav

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From: sharechat-owner@sharechat.co.nz [mailto:sharechat-owner@sharechat.co.nz] On Behalf Of Cristine Kerr
Sent: Saturday, 3 January 2004 16:36
To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
Subject: Re: [sharechat] Mad cow reply

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From: Woody

To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 1:10 PM

Subject: Re: [sharechat] Mad cow reply

Thomas

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From: Cristine Kerr

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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:17 PM

Subject: Re: [sharechat] Mad cow reply

Sorry Woody.

 

I understand and agree on presenting facts, however; this article has too many holes in it for my preference, and I need more convincing information.

 

Regards,

Cris

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Woody

To: Sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:49 AM

Subject: [sharechat] Mad cow reply

What is "Mad Cow Disease" (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)?

Mad Cow Disease is the layperson's name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a transmissible, slowly progressive, degenerative, fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. There is no evidence to date of BSE affecting U.S. cattle, ^* despite an aggressive surveillance program under which nearly 20,000 animals were tested last year.

No meat products from ruminant animals from the 33 countries identified as having BSE or at risk for having BSE are allowed in the U.S. This includes meat products used in human, animal, and pet foods. Milk and milk products continue to be imported into the U.S. from these countries because milk and milk products are not believed to pose any risk for transmitting BSE to humans. Experiments have shown that milk from BSE-infected cows has not caused infections in the same species or in other test animals.

set the record straight macduck

Woody