[Beck_isright]

Ruh-roh. But when will my porterhouses drop in price?

[NetValue]

"Although federal officials maintain the food supply is safe, they have recalled as a precaution an estimated 10,000 pounds of meat from the infected cow and from 19 other cows all slaughtered Dec. 9 at Vern's Moses Lake Meat Co., in Moses Lake, Wash."

This sounds like the "miracle of the cows".

[sd-joe]

they have found meat cut from a Holstein sick with mad cow disease was sent to four more states and one territory.

...some of the meat from the cow slaughtered Dec. 9 went to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Guam. Earlier, officials had said most of the meat went to Washington and Oregon, with lesser amounts to California and Nevada.

How big a freakin cow is this??? (And it is a dairy cow to to boot, not a beef cow.)

One cow feeds eight states and a territory. This is a bigger miracle than the fish one a couple thousand years ago.

[SpaceBar]

When I read the headline, I thought the story was about the wide availability of a new heavy metal album.

[Lady Jag]

This a really serious subject, I know, but I need a little levity for a moment.

[Phaedrus]

MyWayNews offers the same article but with the following additional paragraphs.

The Food and Drug Administration is trying to find out if the cow ate contaminated feed - a difficult task because the animal may have gotten the disease from feed it ate years before it appeared sick. The disease has an incubation period of four or five years.

Dr. Stephen Sundlof, head of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, said that an animal could get sick if it eats a little bit of infected material, as little as half a gram.

"Even if a small amount amount of brain or central nervous system (material) were to get into cattle feed, there is the potential for even that very small dose to result in the disease," Sundlof said.

Sundlof said officials are less certain about how much would infect a human. "It's not known what dose would infect humans, but it would higher for humans than for cattle," he said.

Investigators have considered other ways the disease could spread. Although scientists have never found a case of mad cow infection being passed from a mother cow to its calf, they want to test the sick cow's calves for the disease as a precaution.

My questions: How can Sundlof possibly know this (i.e. "... half a gram")? What is the basis for his statement?

[MinuteGal]

But....but....have we stopped beef imports from Canada?

Leni

[RWG]

Our stock association sent several of its members to Vern's back in the early 90s. We knew it was a mistake right after the first product came back.

[Eva]

It's strange that Canadian officials are now claiming that it is premature to claim that the cow came from Alberta because I first heard the claim on BBC, before the US announcement. The BBC newsreader stated that the cow came from Calgary and that the entire herd in question came from Calgary in 2001. Now, the Candians have changed their minds?

[MissAmericanPie]

Man o man, that cow got around didn't it.

[RnMomof7]

`The recalled meat represents essentially zero risk to consumers,'' Petersen said.

Famous last words..They are counting on a long incubation period

Buy chicken futures

[putupon]

Investigators disclosed Sunday that they have found meat cut from a Holstein sick with mad cow disease was sent to four more states and one territory.

"Where's the beef?"

[redhead]

"Dr. Kenneth Petersen, an Agriculture Department veterinarian, said investigators have now determined that some of the meat from the cow slaughtered Dec. 9 went to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Guam. Earlier, officials had said most of the meat went to Washington and Oregon, with lesser amounts to California and Nevada, for distribution to consumers."

Hello! How big WAS this cow, anyway? I know Holsteins are BIG animals, but...

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Did the Brains make it to several states or just the meat ?

The brains are what is dangerous that and the spinal chord the rest is good stuff !

[Geezerette]

He said those trimmings were sold to some three dozen small, Asian and Mexican facilities in Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada.

Mexican facilities! Here in Arizona, I know that the Mexicans eat "menudo" or tripe. They do this especially after holiday or other parties to curb a hangover (so I'm told! I've never tried it).

g

[ladyinred]

Reading these things grosses me out more than it scares me. Who eats cow brains anyway? Yuk.