BSE

USDA Finally Ready to Adopt International BSE Standards

More than eight years ago, an adult Holstein cow on a cattle ranch near the edge of Washington state’s Yakima Valley became the first-ever diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Mar 2012

Canada Finds BSE in Alberta Dairy Cow

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, was detected last month in a dairy cow from Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) acknowledged Friday. The agency said

By News Desk

/ 4 Mar 2011

Obama Fails to Get More Beef into Korea

U.S. beef, trying to get back into South Korea without restrictions, is getting both good news and bad news on the trade front. While thousands of Koreans protested in

By News Desk

/ 11 Nov 2010

Getting Over Mad Cow is So Hard to Do

Somewhere between when the Obama Asian Tour reaches Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday and when it moves over to Yokohama, Japan on Friday, the American president must get barriers to

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Nov 2010

Ban Unchanged As Japan, U.S. Talk Beef Safety

Officials from Japan and the United States met in San Francisco last week for two days of much-anticipated discussion about American beef safety, but the talks ended without any change

By Laurel Curran

/ 20 Sep 2010

Swiss Heifer Beat UK Mad Cow Defenses

A heifer imported from Switzerland managed to jump England’s barriers to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but that isolated incident does not mean the United Kingdom’s Mad Cow defenses

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Sep 2010

Japan and U.S. to Reopen Talks on Beef Exports

There is good news for the American beef export industry. Japan announced Friday that the country has decided to resume talks this September about potentially re-opening the Japanese market for

By Laurel Curran

/ 27 Jul 2010

Beef Heads with Tonsils Recalled

The New Rockford, ND-based North American Bison Co-op Monday recalled about 25,000 pounds of whole beef heads because the tonsils may not have been completely removed. Tonsils are considered

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Apr 2010

Feed Company Violated BSE Controls

A provider of animal feed to nine states is violating federal regulations that prohibit animal proteins in ruminant feed to control the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), according to

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Mar 2010

Australia Lifts Ban on Beef Imports

On Monday, Australia lifted its nine-year ban on imported meat from countries where cows had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or “Mad Cow” disease. While it will be

By Suzanne Schreck

/ 2 Mar 2010

Philippines Lifts Ban on US Meat, Bone

The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) lifted an eight-year-old ban on meat and bone meal imports from the United States after the World Animal Health Organization officially recognized the U.

By Helena Bottemiller

/ 22 Nov 2009

March Against US Beef In Taipei

Putting U.S. beef back on the shelves in Asia caused riots last year in Seoul and now it is bringing a street protest to Taipei on Saturday. Taiwan and

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Nov 2009

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BSE

USDA Finally Ready to Adopt International BSE Standards

Canada Finds BSE in Alberta Dairy Cow

Obama Fails to Get More Beef into Korea

Getting Over Mad Cow is So Hard to Do

Ban Unchanged As Japan, U.S. Talk Beef Safety

Swiss Heifer Beat UK Mad Cow Defenses

Japan and U.S. to Reopen Talks on Beef Exports

Beef Heads with Tonsils Recalled

Feed Company Violated BSE Controls

Australia Lifts Ban on Beef Imports

Philippines Lifts Ban on US Meat, Bone

March Against US Beef In Taipei

Your Support Protects Public Health