Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Alberta team turning cow parts into plastic
Monday August 15th 2011, 6:46 pm

A University of Alberta scientist has figured out a way to transform cattle parts into plastic to offer a potentially profitable alternative to the disposal of all those bits that the mad cow crisis turned into waste. [News Source]

Alberta team turning cow parts into plastic
Monday August 15th 2011, 6:37 pm

A University of Alberta scientist has figured out a way to transform cattle parts into plastic to offer a potentially profitable alternative to the disposal of all those bits that the mad cow crisis turned into waste. [News Source]

Alberta team turning cow parts into plastic
Monday August 15th 2011, 6:35 pm

A University of Alberta scientist has figured out a way to transform cattle parts into plastic to offer a potentially profitable alternative to the disposal of all those bits that the mad cow crisis turned into waste. [News Source]

University of Alberta scientist turning mad cow parts into material for plastic
Monday August 15th 2011, 5:57 pm

EDMONTON - A University of Alberta scientist has figured out a way to transform cattle parts into plastic to offer a potentially profitable alternative to the disposal of all those bits that the mad cow crisis turned into waste. [News Source]

Vietnam lifts eight-year ban on Canada cattle
Sunday August 14th 2011, 5:25 pm

Vietnam has lifted its eight-year-old ban on Canadian live breeding cattle, sheep and goats, becoming the first Asian country to do so since a 2003 discovery of mad cow disease, Canada's trade and agriculture ministers said on Sunday. [News Source]

Vietnam lifts eight-year ban on Canada cattle
Sunday August 14th 2011, 4:25 pm

Vietnam has lifted its eight-year-old ban on Canadian live breeding cattle, sheep and goats, becoming the first Asian country to do so since a 2003 discovery of mad cow disease, Canada's trade and agriculture ministers said on Sunday. [News Source]

Vietnam lifts eight-year ban on Canada cattle
Sunday August 14th 2011, 2:04 pm

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Vietnam has lifted its eight-year-old ban on Canadian live breeding cattle, sheep and goats, becoming the first Asian country to do so since a 2003 discovery of mad cow disease, Canada's trade and agriculture ministers said on Sunday. [News Source]

Glass ban backfires on taxpayers
Friday August 12th 2011, 10:00 am

TAXPAYERS will fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars after the Government fumbled its appeal to maintain a glass ban at a "high-risk" venue. [News Source]

Whistleblowers pay price for speaking out in Canada.
Thursday August 11th 2011, 10:00 am

Whistleblowers will pay the price for speaking out. That seems to be the message after two of three scientists fired by Health Canada for voicing their concerns for public safety failed in their bid to get their jobs back. [News Source]

USDA proposes livestock tracking system.
Wednesday August 10th 2011, 10:00 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed a new, mandatory tracking system that would allow federal officials to more quickly find the source of an outbreak and isolate diseased animals, reducing the economic and public-health impacts. [News Source]