The majority of BSE cases have been found in the United Kingdom and recent cases have been identified in European Union countries. BSE has not been found in the United States.
Affected cattle die.
Classic CJD occurs each year at a rate of 1 to 2 cases per million people throughout the world, including the United States and Minnesota. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no cases of variant CJD have been identified in the United States. Safeguarding the United States food supply Since 1989, the USDA has prohibited the importation of live hoofed animals from countries where BSE is known to exist in native cattle and products derived from these animals, including bone meal. In 1997, the restrictions were extended to include all of the countries in Europe. As of December 2000, the USDA prohibited all imports of rendered animal protein products, regardless of species, from Europe.