Q: Worried about Mad Cow Disease?
What is your take on mad cow disease?
A: As almost everyone knows by now, mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE) has appeared in the United States, raising the remote possibility that eating beef could lead to the human form of the disease, which resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This is a complicated issue that raises important questions about the safety of our food supply and the way cattle are fed and slaughtered.
From a food-safety point of view, the odds of developing the human form of mad cow disease are pretty low. Worldwide, only 153 human cases of the disease related to eating beef have been reported, none in the United States. Read more...
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