Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Mexico to reopen borders to imports of Canadian calves next month (Canadian Business)
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 11:25 pm

MEXICO CITY - Mexico will reopen its border to imports of Canadian calves, ending a ban imposed after a 2003 outbreak of mad cow disease in Canada, the government said Saturday. [News Source]

Mexico to Allow Imports of Canada Dairy Cows, Cattle Next Month (Bloomberg.com)
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 3:45 pm

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico will begin importing dairy cows and cattle from Canada next month after lifting a five-year- old ban from that country because of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Mexico to Allow Imports of Canada Dairy Cows, Cattle Next Month (Bloomberg.com)
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 3:45 pm

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico will begin importing dairy cows and cattle from Canada next month after lifting a five-year- old ban from that country because of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Mexico lifts ban on Canadian cattle imports (AlertNet)
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 1:30 pm

Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Mexico in March will lift a ban on Canadian cattle imports that dates to a 2003 outbreak of mad cow disease in Canada. "Beginning in March, Mexico will be able ... [News Source]

Mexico lifts ban on Canadian cattle imports (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 1:21 pm

Mexico in March will lift a ban on Canadian cattle imports that dates to a 2003 outbreak of mad cow disease in Canada. [News Source]

Dangers in food leave us few options.
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 12:00 pm

This is not a good time for those of us who like to eat. [News Source]

‘Why the beef?’ is better slogan.
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 12:00 pm

The Chino, California meatpacking issue also begs the question: Why the demand for so much meat and dairy in the human diet? [News Source]

Tracing recalled beef goes slowly despite law’s nudge.
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 12:00 pm

Despite a new law that requires distributors and brokers of recalled meat to tell California authorities where it went, state health officials said they can't even guess how long it will take to trace all the beef from the nation's largest recall. [News Source]

Beef recall affects trade negotiations.
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 12:00 pm

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Friday he wants to wait to see the results of an investigation into the nation's largest beef recall before making any policy changes, but he acknowledged that the debacle has delayed negotiations to ship U.S. beef to Japan and South Korea. [News Source]

50M lbs. of recalled beef went to schools.
Saturday February 23rd 2008, 12:00 pm

More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. [News Source]