[nmh]

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

Then how come England destroyted the entire animal?

No beef for us. Obviously you can't believe these folks.

[Enterprise]

"He stressed, though, that the parts most likely to carry the infection--the brain, spinal cord and lower intestine--were removed before the meat from the infected cow was cut and processed for human consumption."

Kinda my thought too. Why is any part of the animal shipped anywhere for consumption?

[madison10]

Then how come England destroyed the entire animal?

Because Brits eat cow brains? It is the brain/spinal cells that cause the problem. The British feed their cattle a feed mixed with the brain cells of other cattle. IF the one cow's infected cells are ingested by another cow, it too will probably become infected wiht Mad Cow. The U.S. (I believe) has stopped the sale & use of such feed. After all it is basically cannibalism. Same type (mad cow) of disease occurs in human cannibals.

They probably did not want to chance any of the infected cows/cattle becoming feed.

[Rodney King]

Look, there are 60 million people in England, and 20 have died from a disease that nobody has proven has any link to Mad-Cow over the last 20 years. To suggest that this is a big crisis is ridiculous. I ate a steak today, and I'll eat one tomorrow.