Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News)
Tuesday August 12th 2008, 2:37 am

DWI arrests: The Rockland Sheriff's Department arrested two people on felony charges of driving while intoxicated. Edgar Pinos, 24, of Spring Valley, was arrested at 4:16 a.m. Saturday after he was observed driving at a high rate of speed on New Clarkstown Road in Clarkstown. [News Source]

Test To Protect Food Chain From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease (Science Daily)
Tuesday August 12th 2008, 2:25 am

Scientists are reporting development of the first test for instantly detecting beef that has been contaminated with tissue from a cow's brain or spinal cord during slaughter -- an advance in protecting against possible spread of the human form of Mad Cow Disease.  [News Source]

Nebraska beef industry gets help marketing to Japan (Lincoln Journal Star)
Tuesday August 12th 2008, 1:52 am

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Nebraska’s beef industry has teamed with a U.S. trade association to get help marketing its Japan-bound exports. [News Source]