Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

FDA issues statement on rendered products derived from BSE cow in Washington

Published in Health and Medicine Week, January 19th, 2004

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that its investigators and inspectors from the states of Washington and Oregon have located all of the potentially infectious product rendered from the one cow that has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, known as mad cow disease) in Washington State.

Consumption of meat from BSE-infected cows can cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, which is invariably fatal.

The rendering plants that processed all the nonedible material from the BSE cow have placed a voluntary hold on all of the potentially infectious product, none of which has left the control of the...

Want to see the full article?

Purchase this article for only $3.00

We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.

Welcome to NewsRx!

Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Health and Medicine Week

Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-01-19)

NewsRx is Social

Top Medical Newsletters

Awards

Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2012
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2011
Best e-Business Site, 2010
Best e-Business Site, 2009
Best e-Business Site, 2008
Best e-Business Site, 2007
Best e-Business Site, 2006
Best Healthcare Content, 2005
Best Overall Internet Site, 2005
Best Interactive Site, 2005

Facts & Stats

NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.

Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Health News and Media Publications
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Science Publications in Biology/Physiology
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
Amazon's Alexa 2010 PageRank: #2 News and Media Site for the Pharmaceutical Industry