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Jolley: Creekstone Farms Takes Off The Gloves

Sat, 24 May 2008 16:00:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Jolley: Creekstone Farms Takes Off The Gloves
Mar 27, 2006 ... Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, bloodied two years ago by a USDA decision that crushed their bid to do BSE testing on every animal they

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Jolley: Creekstone Farms Takes Off The Gloves

Creekstone Farms defends right to test for BSE

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:39:57 GMT

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Lawyers representing Creekstone Farms Premium Beef told a federal appeals court on Friday that USDA has no authority to keep the company from testing

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Creekstone Farms defends right to test for BSE

By Tom Johnston on 5/12/2008 for Meatingplace.com

government doesn’t want safe food

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:36:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The government doesn’t want safe food?
By katbur
Creekstone Farms wanted to test every one of their cows for mad cow disease, to satisfy demand from overseas customers. Except that they are not allowed to; the USDA guidelines only test 1% of cows. Creekstone went to court for the ...
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The government doesn’t want safe food?

New BSE cases blamed on ineffective feed ban

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:26:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: New BSE cases blamed on ineffective feed ban
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Banning ruminant-to-ruminant feed reduces the chance of cattle ingesting the abnormal, disease-causing prion that causes the disease.

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New BSE cases blamed on ineffective feed ban

The Edmonton Journal

Published: Sunday, May 18

12 BSE cases uncovered since May 2003, at least half are BABs -- born after the ban -- a development that raises serious questions about the efficacy of the 1997 feed ban which prohibited the risky practice of feeding rendered cattle parts to cattle.

Sagebrush owner Bob McCord dies at 69

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:19:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sagebrush owner Bob McCord dies at 69
Agoura Hills Acorn - CA,USA
McCord was recently diagnosed with CreutzfeldtJakob disease (CJD), a degenerative and incurable brain disease. McCord died within three weeks of his

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Sagebrush owner Bob McCord dies at 69
Rare brain disease attributed
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com

Mad Cow Disease

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:08:28 GMT

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Mother Earth News - Topeka,KS,USA
In humans the disease is known as Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (variant), or CJD(v), a previously rare neurological disease that is caused by similar

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Mad Cow Disease

Mad cow disease in Oklahoma?

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:19:07 GMT

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KOKI FOX 23 - Tulsa,OK,USA
He says his dad did die of CJD, which is often referred to as the human form of mad cow disease. And he may not be the only victim in that Creek County town

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Mad cow disease in Oklahoma?

Medical Sterilization, Decontamination of Surgical Instruments

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:11:40 GMT

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Market Wire (press release) - USA
ERI's new process, or MIDAS, will effectively reduce the incidence of CJD infection and number of operations cancelled due to contaminated instruments,

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Medical Sterilization, Decontamination of Surgical Instruments via New MIDAS Process From Edinburgh Research and Innovation Employs Plasma Etch, Inc. Systems to Prevent Spread of CJD

Process Also Has Applications in Dentistry and Veterinary Surgery, Uses Vacuum Plasma Systems for Dry Sterilization; Plasma Etch to Demo Its PE-100 Benchtop Plasma-Treatment System at MD&M East Booth 1349

U of O research examines risks of mad cow disease

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:03:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: U of O research examines risks of mad cow disease
Ottawa Business Journal - Ontario, Canada
Experts know it's possible for BSE to be transmitted to humans in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), but no one knows the exact risks of BSE

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U of O research examines risks of mad cow disease

By Julie Fortier

First-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease in wild elk found in Saskatchewan

Sat, 17 May 2008 21:40:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Chronic Wasting Disease found in wild elk in Saskatchewan
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
"They were found in an area highly-infected with CWD in white-tailed deer. It's just another species. It's not a significant event at this point.

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First-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease in wild elk found in Saskatchewan

Animals found dead in early-April near Nipawin in province's east-central region

Darren Bernhardt, TheStarPhoenix.com

Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008

The first-ever cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild elk have been discovered in Saskatchewan, but the provincial government hasn't been very public about it.

Feed ban relaxation treated with caution

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:43:34 GMT

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meatinfo.co.uk - Crawley,England,UK
It has come up with a conservative 2% threshold for ruminant-processed animal protein in feed, unlike consultant DNV, which, in its report, concluded up to

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Feed ban relaxation treated with caution

The ban on feeding animal remains to pigs and poultry could be set to be relaxed, the European Commission has revealed. The ban was imposed 14 years ago, in response to the BSE crisis.

Vendors Hesitate to Sell US Beef

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:53:51 GMT

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코리아타임즈 - South Korea
... likely to contract variant Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (vCJD) • thought to be caused by prion transmission from BSE infected cows than Westerners

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Vendors Hesitate to Sell US Beef

Military, Schools and Hospitals Concerned Over Safety

By Jung Sung-ki

Consumer worries about the safety of U.S. beef are likely to dampen future sales here.

Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:48:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.Other variations of Prions Diseases include Kuru,
Alzhiemer's disease,
Parkinson's disease,
Huntington's disease,
BSE,Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,
CJD,Creutzfeldt Jakob's Disease,
Alpers disease,
Fatal Familial Insomnia,
Scrapies Sheep Disease,
TSE,Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies,
CWD Chronic Wasting Disease,
Transmissible mink encephalopathy,
Feline spongiform encephalopathy,
Ungulate spongiform encephalopathy,

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Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow

Second U.S. mad cow case confirmed
Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a U.S. cow previously cleared of having the brain wasting illness, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on June 24. It is the second case of mad cow disease in the U.S. Johanns is seen touring a Hyrum, Utah, beef processing plant in this May 17 photo. (AP/Douglas C. Pizac)

By SAM HANANEL | Associated Press Writer

12:04 PM CDT, May 9, 2008

Less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows are currently tested for the disease under Agriculture Department guidelines.