Canada confirms BSE case

February 26, 2008

 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced today it has confirmed Canada’s 12^th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a 6-year-old Alberta dairy cow. CFIA reports that no part of the animal entered the human food or animal feed supply. The full announcement is available on the CFIA Web site section dedicated to BSE updates and alerts. Canada diagnosed its 11^th case of BSE on Dec. 18, 2007. CFIA points out in its announcement that this most recent case will not affect the country’s international status as a Controlled Risk for BSE with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

 

You may refer questions about BSE to the scientific resources available on the Beef Checkoff-funded Web site, www.BSEInfo.org. In addition, the beef industry messages about animal health and human food safety from BSE in the United States are available on the State Extranet Resource and called “Main BSE Key Messages.”

 

This FYI is funded by The Beef Checkoff