Similar bans were instituted for other countries where mad cow disease turned up including Ireland, Switzerland, France and Portugal. As an extra precaution, the U.S. also banned imports of European products made from rendered cattle, sheep and goats. In fact, suspect cattle are killed and tested. Despite all the monitoring efforts, however, Dr. Finnerty says that the risk of the illness, and its spread to humans, can't be called zero. We have wasting disease in elk and deer that is similar to mad cow disease.
Hunters eat venison and elk.
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