News tagged with 'Meats'

Mad cow disease is rare but if a person consumes any part of the diseased cow it always turns for humans into the fatal brain wasting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. So the discovery of another animal with Mad Cow Disease is of concern especially since the U.S. has not banned one of the suspected modes of transmission.

In a continuing effort to strengthen food safety programs and protect public health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), announced yesterday a series of new measures designed to reduce the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of raw ground beef. The a

In its effort to defend the United States against mad-cow disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to Tyson Foods Inc. after the company violated a major FDA rule instituted to keep the disorder out of the country. According to the FDA, Tyson failed to place "Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), a congressional investigative agency, criticized the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday for substandard preparation in the fight against mad cow disease. In the report, GAO officials say the USDA and the FDA are unprepared for

The USDA, in an effort to prevent mad-cow disease from occurring in the United States, is considering new regulations that would bring major changes to the Nation's meatpacking industry. Agency officials are considering banning the use of certain bovine brain, spinal cord, and intestinal parts in human food production

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have proposed new regulations that may help prevent Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, from developing in the United States. Mad Cow Disease attacks the nervous system and is spread when parts of infected catt

The United States Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is tightening restrictions on meat imports from Japan. Previously, Japanese livestock and some meat products were banned out of concern for foot-and-mouth disease. The new restrictions may ban all cooked beef and sheep products from

Two consumer watchdog groups, Public Citizen and the Government Accountability Project (GAP), recently issued a report documenting discrepancies among the top 20 cattle producing states' testing methods for Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). BSE, a neurological disease in cattle, ca

A study of the human version of mad cow disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), indicates that the fatal condition may have a 30-year incubation period. During the study, scientists investigated five deaths in Queniborough, Leicestershire, a small English village. Prominent English scientist, Professo

The Federal government took possession of 234 Vermont sheep suspected of carrying a variation of mad cow disease . Officials also plan to seize a nearby flock of 140. The Agriculture Department said that the flocks or their ancestors might have been exposed to mad cow disease before they were transported to the

The Federal government fined Processors Unlimited Operating Co. $500,000 after it determined that the company transported and sold over 75,000 pounds of meat products that were contaminated by rodents. The fine followed an investigation by officials from FSIS and the Texas Department of Health. FSIS is a Federal agen

Over the past few months, the Federal government has fined several companies for violating the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.First, Heringer Meats, Inc. and its president, Raymond F. Niemeyer, were found guilty of preparing meat products with the intent to defraud. A United States

Last month, several consumer groups attended a Food and Drug Administration forum on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). BSE, commonly referred to as "Mad Cow" disease, is of great concern to these groups. They are asking the FDA to create tighter restrictions on the inspection of livestock and the monitoring of

The first official outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in over twenty years has caused the British government to ban all exports of live animals, and fresh meats and milk in February, 2001. In addition, British officials closed down a slaughterhouse in Essex, South England where 27 pigs were found to be contaminated.