The disease has never been detected in the U.S. Renewed interest in the disease stems from recent test that found scrapie in four sheep imported from Europe to a farm in Vermont before such imports were banned.
Scrapies is a fairly common sheep variant of the disease in existance for ages.
D.C. Local beef associations agree. That doesn't mean that it's impossible. But my official position is that the chance is very remote. Text version of this story Click on the link. Much is at stake for association members.