08/27/2009 08:52AM
R-CALF submitted a request to the USDA to investigate potential violations of cattle imported from Canada according to KFGO.com.
05/15/2009 03:21PM
OTTAWA, May 15, 2009 — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an 80-month-old dairy cow from Alberta. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems.
The animal’s birth farm has been identified, and an investigation
04/22/2009 03:22PM
The Food and Drug Administration today announced that the final rule entitled ‘‘Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed,’’ will become effective on April 27, 2009. However, to allow renderers additional time to comply with the new requirements, the Agency has established a compliance
04/16/2009 06:00PM
On November 3, 2008, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) sampled a Holstein cow under Canada's National BSE Surveillance Program. Brain samples were received by the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (BCMAL) Laboratory, where they were screened for BSE using a Prionics rapid test
04/10/2009 10:11AM
Washington, D.C. – In a highly unusual move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday published in the Federal Register a last-minute notice regarding the agency’s intent to postpone its April 27, 2009, implementation of the final rule (published one year ago) that would enhance
02/18/2009 08:19AM
Despite rumors to the contrary, the Canada-Alberta BSE Surveillance Program (CABESP) is still alive and very active.“There were some fairly significant changes made to the program last July,” says Dr. Gerald Hauer, Chief Provincial Veterinarian, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Edmonton. “What
01/30/2009 08:05AM
Since the discovery of BSE in Alberta in May 2003, researchers have been searching for ways to detect the disease in live cattle as an alternative to the current method of diagnosis using post-mortem brain samples.
Now a research team led by scientists at the University of Calgary's faculty of medicine
11/26/2008 08:05AM
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The classical form of mad cow disease and a variant manifest themselves differently, but research suggests that the variant may also be transmissible to humans, according a researcher speaking at Kansas State University. Cristina Casalone presented "BSE and BASE: An Update" at the
11/17/2008 12:31PM
OTTAWA, November 17, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a seven-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems.
The animal’s birth farm has been identified