Westland/Hallmark: 2008 Beef Recall A Case Study by The Food Industry
Center January 2010 THE FLIM-FLAM REPORT
PLEASE NOTE, in this final report, even though the USDA fed our children
all across the Nation (including TEXAS) dead stock downer cows, the most high
risk cattle for BSE aka mad cow disease and other dangerous pathogens, this
report never once mentions this factor for Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. they
played it down as if this real threat was never there. fact is, it will be there
for these children for the next 5 decades. ...
•SRMs are high-risk tissues that could carry the material associated with
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (also known as BSE or “mad cow disease”).
by the grace of God, who will watch our children for CJD for the next 5+
decades ???
WAS your child exposed to mad cow disease via the NSLP ???
where once on the WWW, the recall list was documented, for each and every
school, from state to state, county by country, you could look up and see if
your children had consumed any of this potentially BSE PRION Transmissible
Spongiform Encephalopathy tainted meat which was sold all across our Nation, to
NSLP to NSLP from coast to coast, this recall listed every school there was,
however, I am saddened to say, it too has now been removed from the internet, or
again, the url has changed. this is nothing knew in the world of TSE prion
science. as the science changes, so to does the evidence published on the www,
by our fine federal friends. however, I managed to save this documented and file
it away in my files, see attachment atop in email attachment called
Hallmark-Westland_byState.pdf., and link I provided that list the schools.
The saddest part of this report is, the blatant misrepresentation of the
known science, and risk factors there from they pose to each and every one of
your children, and the risk factor they will face for the next 5 decades to the
CJD mad cow prion TSE disease, do to this Hallmark-Westland recall. YET THIS
REPORT FAILS TO REPORT IT. ...TSS
Westland/Hallmark: 2008 Beef Recall A Case Study by The Food Industry
Center January 2010
A Humane Society video, made secretly at the Westland/Hallmark plant in
late 2007 and released in early 2008, led to the recall of 143 million pounds of
beef. This case study illustrates the complexity of the food industry and the
food recall process.1 Although ultimately, the incident had more to do with
animal welfare than food safety — no sicknesses were tied to the recalled beef,
it resulted in changes to the nation’s food safety procedures. The 2008
Westland/Hallmark beef recall, the largest beef recall in U.S. history, is a
stepping-off point to examine the beef supply chain generally and the ground
beef supply chain specifically.
This case was prepared by Jon Seltzer, marketing instructor at the
University of St. Thomas and consultant to The Food Industry Center, Jeff Rush,
research assistant, and Jean Kinsey, Director of The Food Industry Center. This
case was developed under a grant from the National Center for Food Protection
and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence funded by
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Assistance Agreement
No. 2007-ST-064-000003. It has not been formally reviewed by the Department of
Homeland Security. The views and conclusions contained in this document are
those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official
policies, either expressed or implied, of the Department of Homeland Security.
The Department of Homeland Security does not endorse any products or commercial
services mentioned in this publication.
Cases are developed as the basis for class discussion. Cases are not
intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of
effective or ineffective management. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted
in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise — without the permission of The Food Industry Center at the
University of Minnesota. © 2010 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All
rights reserved. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator
and employer.
1 This case is the third in a series of three food recall cases.
Castleberry’s 2007 botulism recall was the subject of the first, and the 2006 E.
coli recall of fresh spinach the subject of the second. Thank you to Donald W.
Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science and Professor at Rutgers, and
Timothy L. Sellnow, Professor of Communication at the University of Kentucky,
for their contributions to the cases. Schafner and Sellnow are subject matter
experts for the National Center for Food Protection and Defense.
PLEASE be aware, for 4 years, the USDA fed our children all across the
Nation (including TEXAS) dead stock downer cows, the most high risk cattle for
BSE aka mad cow disease and other dangerous pathogens.
who will watch our children for CJD for the next 5+ decades ???
WAS your child exposed to mad cow disease via the NSLP ???
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FROM DOWNER CATTLE UPDATE
DID YOUR CHILD CONSUME SOME OF THESE DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, THE MOST HIGH
RISK FOR MAD COW DISEASE ???
you can check and see here ;
FNS All Regions
Affected School Food Authorities
By State
United States Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
National School Lunch Program
March 24, 2008
(LINK IS NOW DEAD...TSS)
try this link, I posted all the schools affected here ;
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Central Valley Meat Company: USDA Did its Job, OK?
Opinion & Contributed Articles
by Dr. Richard Raymond | Aug 27, 2012 Opinion
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008)
snip...
In closing, I expect Terry to add his two cents worth and I will point out
that the risk of variant CJD from eating US beef is as close to zero as we can
make it. There are many interlocking steps to keep us safe, including:
1. The ruminant to ruminant feed ban in effect for over a decade to protect
our herd.
2. The removal of Specified Risk Materials in the slaughter facilities
under the continuous and watchful eyes of FSIS Inspectors to protect human
health.
3. The observation by the PHVs of animals in motion.
4. No downers or non-ambulatory cattle allowed in the food chain, and
5. The USDA's ongoing surveillance of animals at high risk for BSE,
assuring us that the exposure risk is almost nil.
OPINION REBUTTAL Terry
Greetings,
Well Dr. Raymond, since you called me out, I must respond Sir.
Yes, our children health and safety mean more to me than taxes.
Indeed I would like to comment on some of your fallacies Dr. Raymond.
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
snip...
see Terry full text rebuttal on Dr. Raymond and the USDA BSE surveillance,
SRM, and feed ban and all the fallacies there from ;
Monday, August 27, 2012
Central Valley Meat Company: USDA Did its Job, OK?
Opinion & Contributed Articles
by Dr. Richard Raymond | Aug 27, 2012 Opinion
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008)
OPINION REBUTTAL Terry
Greetings,
Well Dr. Raymond, since you called me out, I must respond Sir. Yes, our
children health and safety mean more to me than taxes.
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
“then go get the funding for it and watch our taxes go up.”
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
In closing, I expect Terry to add his two cents worth and I will point out
that the risk of variant CJD from eating US beef is as close to zero as we can
make it. There are many interlocking steps to keep us safe, including:
1. The ruminant to ruminant feed ban in effect for over a decade to protect
our herd.
2. The removal of Specified Risk Materials in the slaughter facilities
under the continuous and watchful eyes of FSIS Inspectors to protect human
health.
3. The observation by the PHVs of animals in motion.
4. No downers or non-ambulatory cattle allowed in the food chain, and
5. The USDA's ongoing surveillance of animals at high risk for BSE,
assuring us that the exposure risk is almost nil.
Image: Watering cattle and providing shelter are two important ways to help
keep them cooler and less stressed during heat waves. Photo by Keith Weller,
USDA, ARS, Photo Library.
© Food Safety News
Hello Dr. Raymond Sir,
Indeed I would like to comment on some of your fallacies Dr. Raymond.
Dr. Ramond stated in 1. that ;
1. The ruminant to ruminant feed ban in effect for over a decade to protect
our herd.
Sir, as late as 2007, one decade post partial and voluntary mad cow feed
ban, 10,000,000. pounds of banned prohibited blood laced meat and bone meal mad
cow feed went out into commerce, to be fed out. 2006 was a banner year as well
for suspect banned mad cow protein in commerce. “The ruminant to ruminant feed
ban in effect for over a decade to protect our herd.” that you state Sir, was
merely ink on paper for the past decade. You can see for yourself here, I have
listed some, but not all here ;
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Final Feed Investigation Summary - California BSE Case - July 2012
even more disturbing now ;
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Detection of PrPSc in peripheral tissues of clinically affected cattle
after oral challenge with BSE
more here;
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
2. The removal of Specified Risk Materials in the slaughter facilities
under the continuous and watchful eyes of FSIS Inspectors to protect human
health.
Dr. Raymond Sir, another ink on paper only phenomenon. please see the many
breaches on specified risk materials here ;
a few examples, one very recently, and the following link will list more
SRM breaches ;
2011
Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio Department of Health
Governor
John R. Kasich
Lieutenant Governor
Mary Taylor
ODA Director
James Zehringer
ODH Director
Theodore E. Wymyslo, M.D.
DT: July 14, 2011
TO: Health Commissioners, Directors of Environmental Health and Interested
Parties
RE: Recall Announcement (ODA/ODH) 2011-076
Valley Farm Meats (DBA Strasburg Provision, Inc) Issues Precautionary
Recall for Beef Products Due to Possible Contamination with Prohibited Materials
[STRASBURG, Ohio] – Valley Farm Meats (DBA Strasburg Provision, Inc) of
Strasburg, OH announces a voluntary recall of an unknown amount of beef products
that may contain the spinal cord and vertebral column, which are considered
specified risk materials (SRMs). SRMs must be removed from cattle over 30 months
of age in accordance with federal and state regulations. SRMs are tissues that
are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), as well as materials that are closely
associated with these potentially infective tissues. Therefore, federal and
state regulations prohibit SRMs from use as human food to minimize potential
human exposure to the BSE agent.
North Dakota Firm Recalls Whole Beef Head Products That Contain Prohibited
Materials
Recall Release CLASS II RECALL FSIS-RC-023-2010 HEALTH RISK: LOW
Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Catherine Cochran
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2010 - North American Bison Co-Op, a New Rockford,
N.D., establishment is recalling approximately 25,000 pounds of whole beef heads
containing tongues that may not have had the tonsils completely removed, which
is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of tonsils from
cattle of all ages, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Tonsils are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed
from cattle of all ages in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues
that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), as well as materials that are closely
associated with these potentially infective tissues. Therefore, FSIS prohibits
SRMs from use as human food to minimize potential human exposure to the BSE
agent.
Missouri Firm Recalls Cattle Heads That Contain Prohibited Materials
Recall Release CLASS II RECALL FSIS-RC-021-2008 HEALTH RISK: LOW
Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Amanda Eamich
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2008 – Paradise Locker Meats, a Trimble, Mo.,
establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 120 pounds of fresh cattle
heads with tonsils not completely removed, which is not compliant with
regulations that require the removal of tonsils from cattle of all ages, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced
today.
Tonsils are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed
from cattle of all ages in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues
that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with BSE, as
well as materials that are closely associated with these potentially infective
tissues. Therefore, FSIS prohibits SRMs from use as human food to minimize
potential human exposure to the BSE agent.
see many more SRM breaches here ;
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Final Feed Investigation Summary - California BSE Case - July 2012
again, even more disturbing now ;
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Detection of PrPSc in peripheral tissues of clinically affected cattle
after oral challenge with BSE
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
3. The observation by the PHVs of animals in motion.
Sir, you stated yourself that Public Health Veterinarian ;
> But this individual is also usually responsible for carcass by carcass
inspection after the hide has been pulled off. At Hallmark, this individual was
condemning about 20 carcasses per day to protect you and me.
> You see, contrary to so many discussants' uninformed opinions, this
person cannot be in two places at once.
> It is the plant's job to obey the Humane handling Act, and it is the
PHV's job to occasionally stroll through the pens to confirm the Act is being
complied with.
> If the discussants calling for USDA employee's heads, and even the
Secretary's job, want 24/7 FSIS coverage, then go get the funding for it and
watch our taxes go up.
Sir, after the Hallmark debacle, and the fact that deadstock downer cows
did make it to the NSLP, and the fact of the National recall there from, I find
it disturbing still that there is NO recall of the meat, if any left, from the
Central Valley Meat company from last year. You Sir, nor anyone else, can
guarantee now that these type practices have not occurred last year, the year
before, and or the year before that at Central Valley Meat Co., and I think our
children, and the fact that ;
> > > Ackerman says downed cattle are 50 times more likely to have
mad cow disease (also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE) than
ambulatory cattle that are suspected of having BSE. Of the 20 confirmed cases of
mad cow disease in North America since 1993, at least 16 have involved downer
cattle, he said. < < <
I think our childrens safety from the Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy TSE prion mad cow type disease, is much more important.
don’t forget the children...
PLEASE be aware, for 4 years, the USDA fed our children all across the
Nation (including TEXAS) dead stock downer cows, the most high risk cattle for
BSE aka mad cow disease and other dangerous pathogens. who will watch our
children for CJD for the next 5+ decades ???
WAS your child exposed to mad cow disease via the NSLP ???
HALLMARK DEBACLE HERE WITH DOWNERS AND OUR CHILDREN VIA THE USDA AND THE
NSLP.
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FROM DOWNER CATTLE UPDATE
DID YOUR CHILD CONSUME SOME OF THESE DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, THE MOST HIGH
RISK FOR MAD COW DISEASE ???
this recall was not for the welfare of the animals. ...tss
you can check and see here ;
(link now dead, does not work...tss)
try this link ;
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
4. No downers or non-ambulatory cattle allowed in the food chain, and
Sir, this the be now, if your not caught at it. that’s why some want the
undercover videos banned. Also, I still think that prisoners are humans, and
they are being fed pet food in some instances. could this happen with the NSLP
??? let’s hope not, but in the past, during the infamous enhanced BSE
surveillance program, there was gentleman supplying the USDA, with PERFECTLY
HEALTHY CATTLE BRAINS FOR TESTING, brains that he knew were free from mad cow
disease. your system is far from perfect, in fact, it’s an imperfect system. it
has been shown to have flaws, major flaws time and time again by the GAO and
OIG, and others. these are the facts.
see Texas prisoners being fed pet food here;
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
5. The USDA's ongoing surveillance of animals at high risk for BSE,
assuring us that the exposure risk is almost nil.
I kindly disagree Sir, and so does the OIE. That’s why the USA is still
classified as BSE GBR risk factor of 3. there are many flaws Sir, and because of
the fact of still feeding cows to cows via banned suspect BSE feed as late as
2007, millions and millions of pounds, and the most recent atypical L-type BASE
BSE in California in 2012, I think the USA BSE GBR risk factor should be raised
to BSE GBR 4.
NOW, what about that mad cow BSE surveillance and testing program ???
PAUL BROWN COMMENT TO ME ON THIS ISSUE
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:10 AM
"Actually, Terry, I have been critical of the USDA handling of the mad cow
issue for some years, and with Linda Detwiler and others sent lengthy detailed
critiques and recommendations to both the USDA and the Canadian Food Agency."
OR, what the Honorable Phyllis Fong of the OIG found ;
Audit Report
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program – Phase II
and
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Controls Over BSE Sampling, Specified Risk Materials, and Advanced Meat
Recovery Products - Phase III
Report No. 50601-10-KC January 2006
Finding 2 Inherent Challenges in Identifying and Testing High-Risk Cattle
Still Remain
""These 9,200 cases were different because brain tissue samples were
preserved with formalin, which makes them suitable for only one type of
test--immunohistochemistry, or IHC."
THIS WAS DONE FOR A REASON!
THE IHC test has been proven to be the LEAST LIKELY to detect BSE/TSE in
the bovine, and these were probably from the most high risk cattle pool, the
ones the USDA et al, SHOULD have been testing. ...TSS
USDA 2003
We have to be careful that we don't get so set in the way we do things that
we forget to look for different emerging variations of disease. We've gotten
away from collecting the whole brain in our systems. We're using the brain stem
and we're looking in only one area. In Norway, they were doing a project and
looking at cases of Scrapie, and they found this where they did not find lesions
or PRP in the area of the obex. They found it in the cerebellum and the
cerebrum. It's a good lesson for us. Ames had to go back and change the
procedure for looking at Scrapie samples. In the USDA, we had routinely looked
at all the sections of the brain, and then we got away from it. They've recently
gone back. Dr. Keller: Tissues are routinely tested, based on which tissue
provides an 'official' test result as recognized by APHIS.
Dr. Detwiler: That's on the slaughter. But on the clinical cases, aren't
they still asking for the brain? But even on the slaughter, they're looking only
at the brainstem. We may be missing certain things if we confine ourselves to
one area.
snip.............
Dr. Detwiler: It seems a good idea, but I'm not aware of it. Another
important thing to get across to the public is that the negatives do not
guarantee absence of infectivity. The animal could be early in the disease and
the incubation period. Even sample collection is so important. If you're not
collecting the right area of the brain in sheep, or if collecting
lymphoreticular tissue, and you don't get a good biopsy, you could miss the area
with the PRP in it and come up with a negative test. There's a new, unusual form
of Scrapie that's been detected in Norway. We have to be careful that we don't
get so set in the way we do things that we forget to look for different emerging
variations of disease. We've gotten away from collecting the whole brain in our
systems. We're using the brain stem and we're looking in only one area. In
Norway, they were doing a project and looking at cases of Scrapie, and they
found this where they did not find lesions or PRP in the area of the obex. They
found it in the cerebellum and the cerebrum. It's a good lesson for us. Ames had
to go back and change the procedure for looking at Scrapie samples. In the USDA,
we had routinely looked at all the sections of the brain, and then we got away
from it. They've recently gone back.
Dr. Keller: Tissues are routinely tested, based on which tissue provides an
'official' test result as recognized by APHIS .
Dr. Detwiler: That's on the slaughter. But on the clinical cases, aren't
they still asking for the brain? But even on the slaughter, they're looking only
at the brainstem. We may be missing certain things if we confine ourselves to
one area.
snip...
FULL TEXT;
Completely Edited Version PRION ROUNDTABLE
Accomplished this day, Wednesday, December 11, 2003, Denver, Colorado
2005
FINAL REPORT 2ND TEXAS MAD COW
Subject: USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half (bogus BSE
sampling FROM HEALTHY USDA CATTLE) Date: June 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm PST
Owner and Corporation Plead Guilty to Defrauding Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program
An Arizona meat processing company and its owner pled guilty in February
2007 to charges of theft of Government funds, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The
owner and his company defrauded the BSE Surveillance Program when they falsified
BSE Surveillance Data Collection Forms and then submitted payment requests to
USDA for the services. In addition to the targeted sample population (those
cattle that were more than 30 months old or had other risk factors for BSE), the
owner submitted to USDA, or caused to be submitted, BSE obex (brain stem)
samples from healthy USDA-inspected cattle. As a result, the owner fraudulently
received approximately $390,000. Sentencing is scheduled for May 2007.
snip...
Topics that will be covered in ongoing or planned reviews under Goal 1
include:
soundness of BSE maintenance sampling (APHIS),
implementation of Performance-Based Inspection System enhancements for
specified risk material (SRM) violations and improved inspection controls over
SRMs (FSIS and APHIS),
snip...
The findings and recommendations from these efforts will be covered in
future semiannual reports as the relevant audits and investigations are
completed.
4 USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half
-MORE Office of the United States Attorney District of Arizona FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information Contact Public Affairs February 16, 2007 WYN
HORNBUCKLE Telephone: (602) 514-7625 Cell: (602) 525-2681
CORPORATION AND ITS PRESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING GOVERNMENT’S MAD
COW DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
PHOENIX -- Farm Fresh Meats, Inc. and Roland Emerson Farabee, 55, of
Maricopa, Arizona, pleaded guilty to stealing $390,000 in government funds, mail
fraud and wire fraud, in federal district court in Phoenix. U.S. Attorney Daniel
Knauss stated, “The integrity of the system that tests for mad cow disease
relies upon the honest cooperation of enterprises like Farm Fresh Meats. Without
that honest cooperation, consumers both in the U.S. and internationally are at
risk. We want to thank the USDA’s Office of Inspector General for their
continuing efforts to safeguard the public health and enforce the law.” Farm
Fresh Meats and Farabee were charged by Information with theft of government
funds, mail fraud and wire fraud. According to the Information, on June 7, 2004,
Farabee, on behalf of Farm Fresh Meats, signed a contract with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (the “USDA Agreement”) to collect obex samples from
cattle at high risk of mad cow disease (the “Targeted Cattle Population”). The
Targeted Cattle Population consisted of the following cattle: cattle over thirty
months of age; nonambulatory cattle; cattle exhibiting signs of central nervous
system disorders; cattle exhibiting signs of mad cow disease; and dead cattle.
Pursuant to the USDA Agreement, the USDA agreed to pay Farm Fresh Meats $150 per
obex sample for collecting obex samples from cattle within the Targeted Cattle
Population, and submitting the obex samples to a USDA laboratory for mad cow
disease testing. Farm Fresh Meats further agreed to maintain in cold storage the
sampled cattle carcasses and heads until the test results were received by Farm
Fresh Meats.
Evidence uncovered during the government’s investigation established that
Farm Fresh Meats and Farabee submitted samples from cattle outside the Targeted
Cattle Population. Specifically, Farm Fresh Meats and Farabee submitted, or
caused to be submitted, obex samples from healthy, USDA inspected cattle, in
order to steal government moneys.
Evidence collected also demonstrated that Farm Fresh Meats and Farabee
failed to maintain cattle carcasses and heads pending test results and falsified
corporate books and records to conceal their malfeasance. Such actions, to the
extent an obex sample tested positive (fortunately, none did), could have
jeopardized the USDA’s ability to identify the diseased animal and pinpoint its
place of origin. On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, Farm Fresh Meats and Farabee
pleaded guilty to stealing government funds and using the mails and wires to
effect the scheme. According to their guilty pleas:
(a) Farm Fresh Meats collected, and Farabee directed others to collect,
obex samples from cattle outside the Targeted Cattle Population, which were not
subject to payment by the USDA;
(b) Farm Fresh Meats 2 and Farabee caused to be submitted payment requests
to the USDA knowing that the requests were based on obex samples that were not
subject to payment under the USDA Agreement;
(c) Farm Fresh Meats completed and submitted, and Farabee directed others
to complete and submit, BSE Surveillance Data Collection Forms to the USDA’s
testing laboratory that were false and misleading;
(d) Farm Fresh Meats completed and submitted, and Farabee directed others
to complete and submit, BSE Surveillance Submission Forms filed with the USDA
that were false and misleading;
(e) Farm Fresh Meats falsified, and Farabee directed others to falsify,
internal Farm Fresh Meats documents to conceal the fact that Farm Fresh Meats
was seeking and obtaining payment from the USDA for obex samples obtained from
cattle outside the Targeted Cattle Population; and
(f) Farm Fresh Meats failed to comply with, and Farabee directed others to
fail to comply with, the USDA Agreement by discarding cattle carcasses and heads
prior to receiving BSE test results. A conviction for theft of government funds
carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment. Mail fraud and wire fraud
convictions carry a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment. Convictions for
the above referenced violations also carry a maximum fine of $250,000 for
individuals and $500,000 for organizations. In determining an actual sentence,
Judge Earl H. Carroll will consult the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide
appropriate sentencing ranges. The judge, however, is not bound by those
guidelines in determining a sentence.
Sentencing is set before Judge Earl H. Carroll on May 14, 2007. The
investigation in this case was conducted by Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Alejandro Quintero, United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector
General. The prosecution is being handled by Robert Long, Assistant U.S.
Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix. CASE NUMBER: CR-07-00160-PHX-EHC RELEASE
NUMBER: 2007-051(Farabee) # # #
Section 2. Testing Protocols and Quality Assurance Controls
In November 2004, USDA announced that its rapid screening test, Bio-Rad
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), produced an inconclusive BSE test
result as part of its enhanced BSE surveillance program. The ELISA rapid
screening test performed at a BSE contract laboratory produced three high
positive reactive results.40 As required,41 the contract laboratory forwarded
the inconclusive sample to the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories
(NVSL) for confirmatory testing. NVSL repeated the ELISA testing and again
produced three high positive reactive results.42 In accordance with its
established protocol, NVSL ran its confirmatory test, an immunohistochemistry
(IHC) test, which was interpreted as negative for BSE. In addition, NVSL
performed a histological43 examination of the tissue and did not detect
lesions44 consistent with BSE.
Faced with conflicting results, NVSL scientists recommended additional
testing to resolve the discrepancy but APHIS headquarters officials concluded no
further testing was necessary because testing protocols were followed. In our
discussions with APHIS officials, they justified their decision not to do
additional testing because the IHC is internationally recognized as the "gold
standard." Also, they believed that conducting additional tests would undermine
confidence in USDA’s established testing protocols.
FDA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2004 Media Inquiries:
301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA
Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms
On Friday, April 30th, the Food and Drug Administration learned that a cow
with central nervous system symptoms had been killed and shipped to a processor
for rendering into animal protein for use in animal feed.
FDA, which is responsible for the safety of animal feed, immediately began
an investigation. On Friday and throughout the weekend, FDA investigators
inspected the slaughterhouse, the rendering facility, the farm where the animal
came from, and the processor that initially received the cow from the
slaughterhouse.
FDA's investigation showed that the animal in question had already been
rendered into "meat and bone meal" (a type of protein animal feed). Over the
weekend FDA was able to track down all the implicated material. That material is
being held by the firm, which is cooperating fully with FDA.
Cattle with central nervous system symptoms are of particular interest
because cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, also known as "mad
cow disease," can exhibit such symptoms. In this case, there is no way now to
test for BSE. But even if the cow had BSE, FDA's animal feed rule would prohibit
the feeding of its rendered protein to other ruminant animals (e.g., cows,
goats, sheep, bison).
FDA is sending a letter to the firm summarizing its findings and informing
the firm that FDA will not object to use of this material in swine feed only. If
it is not used in swine feed, this material will be destroyed. Pigs have been
shown not to be susceptible to BSE. If the firm agrees to use the material for
swine feed only, FDA will track the material all the way through the supply
chain from the processor to the farm to ensure that the feed is properly
monitored and used only as feed for pigs.
To protect the U.S. against BSE, FDA works to keep certain mammalian
protein out of animal feed for cattle and other ruminant animals. FDA
established its animal feed rule in 1997 after the BSE epidemic in the U.K.
showed that the disease spreads by feeding infected ruminant protein to cattle.
Under the current regulation, the material from this Texas cow is not
allowed in feed for cattle or other ruminant animals. FDA's action specifying
that the material go only into swine feed means also that it will not be fed to
poultry.
FDA is committed to protecting the U.S. from BSE and collaborates closely
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on all BSE issues. The animal feed rule
provides crucial protection against the spread of BSE, but it is only one of
several such firewalls. FDA will soon be improving the animal feed rule, to make
this strong system even stronger.
#
SEE FULL TEXT OF ALL THIS HERE ;
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
“In closing, I expect Terry to add his two cents worth and I will point out
that the risk of variant CJD from eating US beef is as close to zero as we can
make it. “
Dr. Raymond Sir, it is not vCJD we will find here from the atypical TSE
growing in the many different species here in the USA and North America. Science
that has been out for several years now shows that some cases of sporadic CJD
can be linked to the atypical BSE. In fact Sir, atypical Scrapie shows many
similarities with human TSE prion disease. please see ;
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Seven main threats for the future linked to prions
First threat
The TSE road map defining the evolution of European policy for protection
against prion diseases is based on a certain numbers of hypotheses some of which
may turn out to be erroneous. In particular, a form of BSE (called atypical
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), recently identified by systematic testing in
aged cattle without clinical signs, may be the origin of classical BSE and thus
potentially constitute a reservoir, which may be impossible to eradicate if a
sporadic origin is confirmed. ***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE
and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. These
atypical BSE cases constitute an unforeseen first threat that could sharply
modify the European approach to prion diseases.
Second threat
snip...
EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story
This is an interesting editorial about the Mad Cow Disease debacle, and
it's ramifications that will continue to play out for decades to come ;
Monday, October 10, 2011
EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story
snip...
EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
recently delivered a scientific opinion on any possible epidemiological or
molecular association between TSEs in animals and humans (EFSA Panel on
Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) and ECDC, 2011). This opinion confirmed Classical
BSE prions as the only TSE agents demonstrated to be zoonotic so far but the
possibility that a small proportion of human cases so far classified as
"sporadic" CJD are of zoonotic origin could not be excluded. Moreover,
transmission experiments to non-human primates suggest that some TSE agents in
addition to Classical BSE prions in cattle (namely L-type Atypical BSE,
Classical BSE in sheep, transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) and chronic
wasting disease (CWD) agents) might have zoonotic potential.
snip...
see follow-up here about North America BSE Mad Cow TSE prion risk factors,
and the ever emerging strains of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in many
species here in the USA, including humans ;
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Are USDA assurances on mad cow case 'gross oversimplification'?
SNIP...
What irks many scientists is the USDA’s April 25 statement that the rare
disease is “not generally associated with an animal consuming infected
feed.”
The USDA’s conclusion is a “gross oversimplification,” said Dr. Paul Brown,
one of the world’s experts on this type of disease who retired recently from the
National Institutes of Health. "(The agency) has no foundation on which to base
that statement.”
“We can’t say it’s not feed related,” agreed Dr. Linda Detwiler, an
official with the USDA during the Clinton Administration now at Mississippi
State.
In the May 1 email to me, USDA’s Cole backed off a bit. “No one knows the
origins of atypical cases of BSE,” she said
The argument about feed is critical because if feed is the cause, not a
spontaneous mutation, the California cow could be part of a larger outbreak.
SNIP...
Monday, August 6, 2012
TAFS BSE in USA August 6, 2012
BSE in USA
Monday, August 06, 2012
Atypical neuropathological sCJD-MM phenotype with abundant white matter
Kuru-type plaques sparing the cerebellar cortex
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Behavioural and Psychiatric Features of the Human Prion Diseases:
Experience in 368 Prospectively Studied Patients
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada,
Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012
type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the
rise in Canada and the USA
Friday, August 24, 2012
Iatrogenic prion diseases in humans: an update
Monday, July 23, 2012
The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center July 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
CASE REPORTS CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE: AN UNDER-RECOGNIZED CAUSE OF
DEMENTIA
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
In closing, I expect Terry to add his two cents worth and I will point out
that the risk of variant CJD from eating US beef is as close to zero as we can
make it.
Dr. Raymond Sir, I disagree with you, I think that you (USDA et al) could
do much better.
I think our children and the consumer deserves better, and I don’t care how
much taxes AND BSE TSE TESTING, it takes to make our food safe. ...
layperson
I lost my mother to the Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
confirmed on December 14, 1997.
my neighbor lost his mother exactly one year previously to the sporadic CJD
strains confirmed, on December 14, 1996.
sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease is NOT a single strain, but multiple
strains (with new type pending classifications CJD, of unknown origin, in young
and old in the USA), with route and source unknown to date.
just made a promise, all facts should be presented, not just the industry
fed political science fed facts. ...
kind regards,
terry
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
flounder9@verizon.net
Monday, August 27, 2012
Central Valley Meat Company: USDA Did its Job, OK?
Opinion & Contributed Articles
by Dr. Richard Raymond | Aug 27, 2012 Opinion
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008)
In closing, I expect Terry to add his two cents worth and I will point out
that the risk of variant CJD from eating US beef is as close to zero as we can
make it. There are many interlocking steps to keep us safe, including:
1. The ruminant to ruminant feed ban in effect for over a decade to protect
our herd.
2. The removal of Specified Risk Materials in the slaughter facilities
under the continuous and watchful eyes of FSIS Inspectors to protect human
health.
3. The observation by the PHVs of animals in motion.
4. No downers or non-ambulatory cattle allowed in the food chain, and
5. The USDA's ongoing surveillance of animals at high risk for BSE,
assuring us that the exposure risk is almost nil.
Image: Watering cattle and providing shelter are two important ways to help
keep them cooler and less stressed during heat waves. Photo by Keith Weller,
USDA, ARS, Photo Library.
© Food Safety News
OPINION REBUTTAL Terry
Greetings,
Well Dr. Raymond, since you called me out, I must respond Sir. Yes, our
children health and safety mean more to me than taxes.
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008) stated ;
snip...
see full text ;
Monday, August 27, 2012
Central Valley Meat Company: USDA Did its Job, OK?
Opinion & Contributed Articles
by Dr. Richard Raymond | Aug 27, 2012 Opinion
Dr. Richard Raymond former Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (2005-2008)
Monday, August 26, 2013
The Presence of Disease-Associated Prion Protein in Skeletal Muscle of
Cattle Infected with Classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Evaluation of the Zoonotic Potential of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
We previously described the biochemical similarities between PrPres derived
from L-BSE infected macaque and cortical MM2 sporadic CJD: those observations
suggest a link between these two uncommon prion phenotypes in a primate model
(it is to note that such a link has not been observed in other models less
relevant from the human situation as hamsters or transgenic mice overexpressing
ovine PrP [28]). We speculate that a group of related animal prion strains
(L-BSE, c-BSE and TME) would have a zoonotic potential and lead to prion
diseases in humans with a type 2 PrPres molecular signature (and more
specifically type 2B for vCJD)
snip...
Together with previous experiments performed in ovinized and bovinized
transgenic mice and hamsters [8,9] indicating similarities between TME and
L-BSE, the data support the hypothesis that L-BSE could be the origin of the TME
outbreaks in North America and Europe during the mid-1900s.
Monday, September 02, 2013
Atypical BSE: role of the E211K prion polymorphism
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
Location: Virus and Prion Research Unit
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Weld County Bi-Products dba Fort Morgan Pet Foods 6/1/12 significant
deviations from requirements in FDA regulations that are intended to reduce the
risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) within the United States
Thursday, June 6, 2013
BSE TSE PRION USDA FDA MAD COW FEED COMPLIANCE REPORT and NAI, OAI, and VAI
ratings as at June 5, 2013
Greetings,
since our fine federal friends have decided not to give out any more
reports on the USA breaches of the feed ban and surveillance etc. for the BSE
TSE prion mad cow type disease in the USDA livestock, I thought I might attempt
it. I swear, I just don’t understand the logic of the SSS policy, and that
includes all of it. I assure you, it would be much easier, and probably better
for the FDA and the USDA INC., if they would simply put some kind of report out
for Pete’s sake, instead of me doing it after I get mad, because I am going to
put it all out there. the truth.
PLEASE BE ADVISED, any breach of any of the above classifications OAI, VAI,
RTS, CAN lead to breaches into the feed BSE TSE prion protocols, and CAN lead to
the eventual suspect tainted feed reaching livestock. please, if any USDA
official out there disputes this, please explain then how they could not.
paperwork errors can eventually lead to breaches of the BSE TSE prion mad cow
feed ban reaching livestock, or contamination and exposure there from, as well.
I would sure like to see the full reports of just these ;
4018 CHI-DO 3007091297 Rancho Cantera 2866 N Sunnyside Rd Kent IL
61044-9605 OPR FR, OF HP 11/26/2012 OAI Y
9367 3008575486 Rocky Ford Pet Foods 21693 Highway 50 East Rocky Ford CO
81067 OPR RE, TH HP 2/27/2013 OAI N
9446 DEN-DO 1713202 Weld County Bi Products, Inc. 1138 N 11th Ave Greeley
CO 80631-9501 OPR RE, TH HP 10/12/2012 OAI N
9447 DEN-DO 3002857110 Weld County Bi-Products dba Fort Morgan Pet Foods
13553 County Road 19 Fort Morgan CO 80701-7506 OPR RE HP 12/7/2011 OAI N
see full list of the fda mad cow bse feed follies, toward the bottom, after
a short brief update on the mad cow bse follies, and our good friend Lester
Crawford that was at the FDA.
ALSO, I would kindly like to comment on this FDA BSE/Ruminant Feed
Inspections Firms Inventory (excel format)4 format, for reporting these breaches
of BSE TSE prion protocols, from the extensive mad cow feed ban warning letters
the fda use to put out for each violations. simply put, this excel format sucks,
and the FDA et al intentionally made it this difficult to follow the usda fda
mad cow follies. this is an intentional format to make it as difficult as
possible to follow these breaches of the mad cow TSE prion safety feed
protocols. to have absolutely no chronological or numerical order, and to format
such violations in a way that they are almost impossible to find, says a lot
about just how far the FDA and our fine federal friends will go through to hide
these continued violations of the BSE TSE prion mad cow feed ban, and any
breaches of protocols there from. once again, the wolf guarding the henhouse $$$
NAI = NO ACTION INDICATED
OAI = OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED
VAI = VOLUNTARY ACTION INDICATED
RTS = REFERRED TO STATE
Inspections conducted by State and FDA investigators are classified to
reflect the compliance status at the time of the inspection, based upon whether
objectionable conditions were documented. Based on the conditions found,
inspection results are recorded in one of three classifications:
OAI (Official Action Indicated) when inspectors find significant
objectionable conditions or practices and believe that regulatory sanctions are
warranted to address the establishment’s lack of compliance with the regulation.
An example of an OAI classification would be findings of manufacturing
procedures insufficient to ensure that ruminant feed is not contaminated with
prohibited material. Inspectors will promptly re-inspect facilities classified
OAI after regulatory sanctions have been applied to determine whether the
corrective actions are adequate to address the objectionable conditions.
VAI (Voluntary Action Indicated) when inspectors find objectionable
conditions or practices that do not meet the threshold of regulatory
significance, but warrant an advisory to inform the establishment that
inspectors found conditions or practices that should be voluntarily corrected.
VAI violations are typically technical violations of the 1997 BSE Feed Rule.
These violations include minor recordkeeping lapses or conditions involving
non-ruminant feeds.
NAI (No Action Indicated) when inspectors find no objectionable conditions
or practices or, if they find objectionable conditions, those conditions are of
a minor nature and do not justify further actions.
when sound science was bought off by junk science, in regards to the BSE
TSE prion mad cow type disease, by the USDA, CFIA, WHO, OIE, et al. $$$
when the infamous, and fraudulently USDA, FSIS, APHIS, FDA, gold card was
taken away that infamous day in December of 2003, all cards were off the table,
it was time to change the science, and change they did. ...tss
snip. ...please see full text ;
Thursday, June 6, 2013
BSE TSE PRION USDA FDA MAD COW FEED COMPLIANCE REPORT and NAI, OAI, and VAI
ratings as at June 5, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED Revised
as of April 1, 2013 50# Regular Chicken Feed was found to contain mammalian
protein label does not contain the warning statement
PLEASE REMEMBER ;
The Akron, Ohio-based CJD Foundation said the Center for Disease Control
revised that number in October of 2004 to about one in 9,000 CJD cases per year
in the population group age 55 and older.
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR CJD QUESTIONNAIRE ASKING REAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO
ROUTE AND SOURCE OF THE TSE AGENT THAT KILLED YOUR LOVED ONE ???
if not, why not...
Friday, November 30, 2007
CJD QUESTIONNAIRE USA CWRU AND CJD FOUNDATION
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Public Health
Crisis
full text with source references ;
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The British disease, or a disease gone global, The TSE Prion Disease (SEE
VIDEO)
U.S.A. HIDING MAD COW DISEASE VICTIMS AS SPORADIC CJD ? (see video at
bottom)
WHO WILL FOLLOW THE CHILDREN FOR CJD SYMPTOMS ???
Saturday, May 2, 2009
U.S. GOVERNMENT SUES WESTLAND/HALLMARK MEAT OVER USDA CERTIFIED DEADSTOCK
DOWNER COW SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada,
Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012
type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the
rise in Canada and the USA
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease CJD cases rising North America updated report
August 2013
*** Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease CJD cases rising North America with Canada
seeing an extreme increase of 48% between 2008 and 2010
Sunday, September 08, 2013
***Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease via surgical instruments and
decontamination possibilities for the TSE prion
Prion2013
Oral.05: Contaminated blood products induce a highly atypical prion disease
devoid of PrPres in primates
Emmanuel Corney,1 Nina Jaffre,1 Jacqueline Mikol,1 Valerie Durand,1
Christelle Jas-Duval,1,2 Sophie Luccantoni-Freire,1 Evelyne Correia,1 Nathalie
Lescoutra-Etcheqaray,3 Nathalie Streichenberqer,4 Stephane Haik,5 Chryslain
Sumian,3 Paul Brown1 and Jean-Philippe Deslys1
1Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique; Institute of Emerging Diseases and
Innovative Therapies (iMETI); Division of Prions and Related Diseases (SEPIA);
Fontenay-aux- Roses, France; 2EFS·Nord de France; Lille, France; 3MacoPharm;
Tourcoing, France; 4Hospices Civils de Lyon; Prion Unit; Neurobiology
Department; Bron, France; 5Inserm; U 975·CNRS; UMR 7225 - Universite Pierre et
Marie Curie; Paris, France
Background, Concerns about the blood-borne risk of prion infection have
been confirmed by the occurrence in the UK of four transfusion-related
infections of vCJD and an apparently silent infection in an hemophiliac patient.
Asymptomatic incubation periods in prion diseases can extend over decades in
humans. We present here unexpected results of experiments evaluating blood
transmission risk in a non-human primate model.
Material and Methods, Cynomolgus macaques were inoculated with brain or
blood specimens from vCJD infected humans or monkeys. Neuropathological and
biochemical findings were obtained using current methods used for human
patients.
Results, Thirteen out of 23 primates exposed to various human or macaque
blood products exhibited a previously undescribed myelopathic syndrome, devoid
of the classical features of prion disease, notably abnormal prion protein
(PrPres) deposition, whereas the 14 corresponding brain-inoculated donor animals
and 1 transfused animal exhibited the classical vCJD pattern. In passage
experiments, plasma transfusion induced the same atypical phenotype after two
years (again, with no detectable PrPres), whereas the intracerebral inoculation
of spinal cord led to a typical prion disease with cerebral spongiosis and
PrPres accumulation in the brain of the primate recipient. Interestingly,
passage experiments in transgenic mice were largely unsuccessful.
In another experiment designed to test the efficacy of antiprion filters,
three recipients of filtered red blood cells suspended in plasma are still
healthy 4.5 y after transfusion whereas the recipients of unfiltered inocula
died after 2.5 y with the atypical neurological profile.
Conclusion. We describe a new fatal neurological myelopathic syndrome in
monkeys exposed to various vCJD/BSE-infected blood components.
Secondary transmission in primates confirms
(I) the transmissibility of this myelopathy, and
(2) its prion origin which could not be diagnosed as such in the first
recipients.
This myelopathy might be compared in some respects to certain forms of
human lower motor neuron disease, including neuromyelitis optica, the flail arm
syndrome of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the recently described
FOSMN (facial onset sensory and motor neuronopathy) syndrome.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
CJD CONFIRMED in patient at New Hampshire Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), Catholic Medical Center (CMC), and the Manchester Health
Department (MHD)
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease CJD worlds youngest documented victim, 11 years
old, shall we pray
Monday, January 14, 2013
Gambetti et al USA Prion Unit change another highly suspect USA mad cow
victim to another fake name i.e. sporadic FFI at age 16 CJD Foundation goes
along with this BSe
Monday, December 31, 2012
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and Human TSE Prion Disease in Washington State,
2006–2011-2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
MAD COW USA HUMAN TSE PRION DISEASE DECEMBER 29 2012 CJD CASE LAB REPORT
MAD COW USDA ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE, the rest of the story...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Transmission of New Bovine Prion to Mice, Atypical Scrapie, BSE, and
Sporadic CJD, November-December 2012 update
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada,
Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012
type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the
rise in Canada and the USA
Saturday, March 5, 2011
MAD COW ATYPICAL CJD PRION TSE CASES WITH CLASSIFICATIONS PENDING ON THE
RISE IN NORTH AMERICA
Sunday, February 12, 2012
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1
(August 19, 2011) including Texas
Monday, August 9, 2010
Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy: A new sporadic disease of the
prion protein or just more Prionbaloney ?
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
VARIABLY PROTEASE-SENSITVE PRIONOPATHY IS TRANSMISSIBLE ...price of prion
poker goes up again $
OR-10 15:25 - 15:40 VARIABLY PROTEASE-SENSITIVE PRIONOPATHY IS
TRANSMISSIBLE IN BANK VOLES Nonno
Sunday, August 09, 2009
CJD...Straight talk with...James Ironside...and...Terry Singeltary... 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
BSE-The Untold Story - joe gibbs and singeltary 1999 – 2009
Monday, October 10, 2011
EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story
snip...
EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
recently delivered a scientific opinion on any possible epidemiological or
molecular association between TSEs in animals and humans (EFSA Panel on
Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) and ECDC, 2011). This opinion confirmed Classical
BSE prions as the only TSE agents demonstrated to be zoonotic so far but the
possibility that a small proportion of human cases so far classified as
"sporadic" CJD are of zoonotic origin could ***not be excluded. Moreover,
transmission experiments to non-human primates suggest that some TSE agents in
addition to Classical BSE prions in cattle (namely L-type Atypical BSE,
Classical BSE in sheep, transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) and chronic
wasting disease (CWD) agents) might have zoonotic potential.
snip...
see follow-up here about North America BSE Mad Cow TSE prion risk factors,
and the ever emerging strains of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in many
species here in the USA, including humans ;
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Seven main threats for the future linked to prions
First threat
The TSE road map defining the evolution of European policy for protection
against prion diseases is based on a certain numbers of hypotheses some of which
may turn out to be erroneous. In particular, a form of BSE (called atypical
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), recently identified by systematic testing in
aged cattle without clinical signs, may be the origin of classical BSE and thus
potentially constitute a reservoir, which may be impossible to eradicate if a
sporadic origin is confirmed.
***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently
sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. These atypical BSE cases
constitute an unforeseen first threat that could sharply modify the European
approach to prion diseases.
Second threat
snip...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
USAHA 116TH ANNUAL MEETING October 18 – 24, 2012 CWD, Scrapie, BSE, TSE
prion (September 17, 2013)
TSS
