The European Union-Mad Cow Disease-Beef Imports-Bse

EU says no impact on U.S. beef imports from mad cow case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Wednesday it did not intend to impose any particular measures on imports from the United States following the discovery of the country's first case of mad cow disease or BSE in six years. "The (European) Commission is satisfied that the new BSE case has been confirmed in the framework of the ongoing BSE surveillance system in the United States, which prevented this animal from entering the food chain," EU Commission health spokesman Frederic Vincent said in a statement, referring to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow ... read more..

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy-Agriculture Department-Mad Cow Disease-California

Instant View: Mad cow disease found in California

(Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the nation's fourth, in a dairy cow in California. The USDA has begun to notify the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as well as its trading partners, but the finding should not affect U.S. beef exports, said John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer. COMMENTS: US Meat Export Federation spokesman Joe Schuele: Said they were told that U.S. ... read more..

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Intense Scrutiny-Mad Cow Disease-Dairy Country

Discovery of mad cow in Calif. was stroke of luck

A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow. read more..

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Discovery of mad cow in US was stroke of luck

A nondescript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny after mad cow disease was discovered in a dead dairy cow. read more..

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Temporary Restrictions-Health Authorities-Mad Cow Disease-Dairy Cow

New case of mad cow disease in California

Map locates Hanford, California, where mad cow disease has been discovered

The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said the animal never posed a threat to the nation's food supply. read more..

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Russia may answer U.S. mad cow outbreak with limits

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia does not rule out temporary restrictions on meat imports from the United States in response to the first reported U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years, Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said. "We consider all options. In a case of serious threat, we will also consider the possibility of imposing restrictions. For now, we do not have enough information to make a decision," Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alekseenko said on Wednesday. U.S. ... read more..

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