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Slaughterhouse accused of selling meat from cows with cancer Stacy Finz and Carolyn Lochhead Updated 10:45 am, Wednesday, February 26, 2014 View: Larger | Hide . In this January 13, 2014 photo, cows wait to be butchered at Rancho Veal Slaughterhouse in Petaluma, Calif. Rancho Feeding Corp. has voluntarily halted operations, as it tries to track down all of its beef shipments over the past year, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Conner Jay) Photo: Conner Jay, Associated Press In this January 13, 2014 photo, cows wait to be butchered at Rancho Veal Slaughterhouse in Petaluma, Calif. Rancho Feeding Corp. has voluntarily halted operations, as it tries to track down all of its beef shipments over the past year, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Conner Jay) Photo: Conner Jay, Associated Press Cattle graze at Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, California February 10, 2014. The slaughterhouse is recalling 8.7 million lbs of beef parts because it used "diseased and unsound animals" and lacked proper federal inspections, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD BUSINESS) Photo: Beck Diefenbach, Reuters Trucks belonging to Rancho Feeding Corporation stay idle in Petaluma, California, February 10, 2014. The slaughterhouse is recalling 8.7 million lbs of beef parts because it used "diseased and unsound animals" and lacked proper federal inspections, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD BUSINESS) Photo: Beck Diefenbach, Reuters Statues of cattle sit atop a building at Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, California, February 10, 2014. The slaughterhouse is recalling 8.7 million lbs of beef parts because it used "diseased and unsound animals" and lacked proper federal inspections, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD BUSINESS) Photo: Beck Diefenbach, Reuters Cattle graze at Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma. The slaughterhouse is recalling 8.7 million lbs of beef parts because it used "diseased and unsound animals" and lacked proper federal inspections, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Photo: Beck Diefenbach, Reuters Marin Sun Farms buying tainted Petaluma slaughterhouse Petaluma meat processor recalling 8.7 million pounds (02-26) 10:44 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma slaughterhouse that recently recalled 8.7 million pounds of beef, is under criminal investigation by the federal government for killing and selling meat from dairy cows with cancer, according to sources who would speak only on the condition of anonymity.
Rancho was allegedly buying up cows with eye cancer, chopping off their heads so inspectors couldn't detect the disease and illegally selling the meat, the sources said. Although it's against federal law, experts say eating the meat isn't likely to make people sick. So far, no one has reported becoming ill from eating the meat.
The huge recall and criminal investigation hasn't just affected Rancho. Private cattle producers, who used the facility for custom slaughtering, have also been swept up, leaving the shelves with a dearth of local, natural and high-end beef. Bill Niman, arguably one of the more respected cattlemen in the gourmet meat business and the former owner of Niman Ranch company, said he used Rancho to slaughter 427 head of cattle and is complying with the recall. He said it's causing him to hold back about 100,000 pounds of beef from the market and that he stands to lose as much as $400,000. He said his beef has nothing to do with the alleged tainted meat.
One of them, he said, was the secretary's commitment to have his team meet with local beef producers to share whatever information they can share. The other was a promise to talk to beef producers who did segregate their beef and can demonstrate that it could not have commingled with improperly processed meat. That would give the producers a chance to "perhaps get some relief from the recall," Huffman said.
Niman, who now owns BN Ranch, said he showed the USDA how commingling would have been impossible. In a letter to the agency's local Food Safety and Inspection Service, he has described his cattle's chain of custody from slaughter to delivery, all under USDA inspection, in painstaking detail. Mixing up his grass-fed beef with Rancho's milk cow meat would have been impossible to miss because the differences between the carcasses are too obvious, he said. "It's the difference between a motorcycle and a car," he said, adding that the recall is having a profound effect on his business. Last year was his biggest yield since he started his grass-fed beef business. "We felt like we were just dialing in," he said. Now, because of the recall, he is experiencing a setback. Nationwide effect
It was at that time that investigators began getting an inkling of an alleged breach in protocol when they found two cattle heads infected with cancer. Stacy Finz and Carolyn Lochhead are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: sfinz@sfchronicle.com, clochhead@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfinz, @carolynlochhead http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Slaughterhouse-accused-of-selling-meat-from-cows-5267836.php please remember, for 4 years, dead stock downer cows, the most high risk for BSE mad cow disease, and other dangerous and deadly pathogens, went to the NSLP via the USDA et al, and fed out to our children from state to state, county to county, school to school, all across our Nation, under the cover of at the time one of the largest beef recalls in USA history, under the cover of a recall related to 'animal abuse'. what about child abuse, and who will watch our children for the next 50 YEARS FOR CJD TYPE TSE PRION DISEASE ???
Subject: nslp deadstock downers recall school by school, state by state http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2013/09/school-food-authorities-affected-by.html Saturday, September 21, 2013 Westland/Hallmark: 2008 Beef Recall A Case Study by The Food Industry Center January 2010 THE FLIM-FLAM REPORT http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2013/09/westlandhallmark-2008-beef-recall-case.html There Are Too Few Eyes Looking At Too Many Animals Going to Slaughter
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg65127/pdf/CHRG-111hhrg65127.pdf USDA orders silence on mad cow in Texas By Steve Mitchell United Press International Published 5/11/2004 10:16 PM WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued an order instructing its inspectors in Texas, where federal madcow disease testing policies recently were violated, not to talk about the cattle disorder with outside parties, United Press International has learned. Stanley Painter, chairman of the National Joint Council, said the USDA has sent out notices in the past stating inspectors cannot talk to reporters. "It's an intimidation thing," Painter told UPI. Inspectors have the right to talk to anybody about any subject, as long as they clarify they are not speaking on behalf of the USDA and they are not doing it on government time, he said. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040511-015527-4917r full text ; http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2007/10/bse-base-mad-cow-testing-texas-usa-and.html http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html Food Safety Union head charges that SRM regulations are ineffective
by Pete Hisey on 12/22/04 for Meatingplace.com A former FSIS meat inspector has charged that some beef processors may be inadvertently allowing nerve tissue associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the nation's food supply.
A letter from Stan Painter, chairman of the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, which represents about 5,000 food inspectors nationally, was released through Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, charging that a flawed system for preventing specified risk materials from reaching the food chain is endangering the national food supply. http://www.meatingplace.com/DailyNews/init.asp?iID=13580 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE-Union head charges that SRM regulations are ineffective Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:45:35 –0600 From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." To: phisey@meatingplace.com PLEASE ; > There is absolutely no evidence that FSIS inspectors have engaged in > such gross dereliction of duty. These facts suggest that these reports > are motivated more by political ideology than the facts." R I G H T ... like it has never ever happened before.....tss
protect the industry at all cost, to hell with the consumers, that is what you telling us there Pete......tss Issued June 2000 Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection 1998 Report of the Secretary of Agriculture to the United States Congress snip...
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http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g5105d.htm Inspector to file charges against USDA
By STEVE MITCHELL, UPI Senior Medical Correspondent | Sept. 6, 2005 at 5:32 PM WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The federal meat inspector who was charged with misconduct by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after he claimed mad cow disease safeguards were being violated at slaughterhouses told United Press International he plans to file charges against the agency. Stan Painter, a USDA inspector and chair of the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, the inspectors union, notified the agency's management in a letter last December he was aware of instances where the riskiest parts of older cows were not being marked or removed from processing. Painter worried these risky parts -- known as specified risk materials, or SRMs -- could enter the food supply and infect people, causing a fatal brain illness called variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. Two cases of mad cow have been detected in U.S. herds, and some suspect there are more. The USDA put the SRM safeguards in place in 2004 to protect the public from mad cow disease -- also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE -- if more cases are detected.
The USDA did not respond to Painter's concerns until he made his letter known to news outlets. On Dec. 28, 2004, the agency charged Painter with personal misconduct for not revealing the names of the inspectors who told him of the SRM violations. Officials also told him he was under a formal investigation, which was dropped last month after the release of internal documents revealing more than 1,000 violations of the USDA's SRM regulations. Painter said he thinks the USDA was attempting "to harass and intimidate him (and) to have a chilling effect" on other inspectors. "I plan to file charges against the agency," he told UPI, adding he has not yet decided if he will go through the legal system, through internal USDA procedures or another avenue.
Mad cow disease remains a sensitive topic for the USDA because it can have significant economic ramifications. The U.S. beef industry lost billions of dollars because more than 60 nations closed their borders in 2003 to American beef after the report of the first detected case in U.S. herds. Japan, formerly the largest importer of American beef, still has not reopened its borders. For months, USDA officials denied Painter's allegations in media reports, saying they had investigated and found no evidence to substantiate his claims. The NRs released last month under the Freedom of Information Act, however, showed 1,036 violations of SRM regulations in at least 35 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with some plants being cited repeatedly for infractions. The USDA delayed releasing the documents for eight months despite a federal law mandating a response within 30 days.
Lovera charged the USDA with attempting to silence Painter and failing to address problems with the SRM ban. "Their behavior through this whole thing is appalling," she told UPI. "Stan brought them concerns about a policy and instead of investigating the policy, they investigated him."
Last December, after Painter made his letter known publicly, the USDA sent an officer to Painter's house while he was on leave to question him about the allegations in his letter. Later, USDA officials interrogated Painter twice, asking him for the names of the inspectors who told him about the violations. Painter said he intentionally was kept ignorant of the inspectors' names because he feared the agency would retaliate against them. Painter also said USDA officials did not need the inspectors' names because they could determine where the infractions were occurring by looking at their database of NRs. Sometime around June the U.S. Embassy in Japan posted a notice on its Web site stating USDA officials had found no evidence to substantiate Painter's claims and had requested a criminal investigation into his actions. The notice was removed in July after UPI reported its existence.
Lovera said any infraction of mad cow safeguards should be of concern, because this disease always is fatal in humans and cooking does not destroy the pathogen. "You have very little margin of error for something you don't want to get because you can't cook it away and you can't disinfect it," she said. Painter said his concern now is what the agency will do to fix what he sees as shortcomings in the SRM policy. "It's a failed policy," he said. "It doesn't protect the consumer."
E-mail: sciencemail@upi.com Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2005/09/06/Inspector-to-file-charges-against-USDA/UPI-67931126042369/#ixzz2uXPu3YBg http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2005/09/06/Inspector-to-file-charges-against-USDA/UPI-67931126042369/ Release No. 0336.05 Contact: USDA Jim Rogers 202-690-4755 FDA Rae Jones 301-827- 6242 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigation Results of Texas Cow That Tested Positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Aug. 30, 2005 snip... During the course of the investigation, USDA removed and tested a total of 67 animals of interest from the farm where the index animal's herd originated. All of these animals tested negative for BSE. 200 adult animals of interest were determined to have left the index farm. Of these 200, APHIS officials determined that 143 had gone to slaughter, two were found alive (one was determined not to be of interest because of its age and the other tested negative), 34 are presumed dead, one is known dead and 20 have been classified as untraceable. In addition to the adult animals, APHIS was looking for two calves born to the index animal. Due to record keeping and identification issues, APHIS had to trace 213 calves. Of these 213 calves, 208 entered feeding and slaughter channels, four are presumed to have entered feeding and slaughter channels and one calf was untraceable. snip... http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2005/08/0336.xml Published: April 18, 2008 5:31 a.m. Union head says USDA intimidates meat inspectors http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS03/804180308 back to reality ! *** FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE ***
OAI 2012-2013 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. ATL-DO 1035703 Newberry Feed & Farm Ctr, Inc. 2431 Vincent St. Newberry SC 29108-0714 OPR DR, FL, FR, TH HP 9/9/2013 OAI Y DET-DO 1824979 Hubbard Feeds, Inc. 135 Main, P.O. Box 156 Shipshewana IN 46565-0156 OPR DR, FL, OF DP 8/29/2013 OAI Y ATL-DO 3001460882 Talley Farms Feed Mill Inc 6309 Talley Rd Stanfield NC 28163-7617 OPR FL, TH NP 7/17/2013 OAI N NYK-DO 3010260624 Sherry Sammons 612 Stoner Trail Rd Fonda NY 12068-5007 OPR FR, OF NP 7/16/2013 OAI Y DEN-DO 3008575486 Rocky Ford Pet Foods 21693 Highway 50 East Rocky Ford CO 81067 OPR RE, TH HP 2/27/2013 OAI N CHI-DO 3007091297 Rancho Cantera 2866 N Sunnyside Rd Kent IL 61044-9605 OPR FR, OF HP 11/26/2012 OAI Y 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 Ruminant Feed Inspections Firms Inventory (excel format) http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/ComplianceEnforcement/BovineSpongiformEncephalopathy/ucm114507.htm PLEASE NOTE, the VAI violations were so numerous, and unorganized in dates posted, as in numerical order, you will have to sift through them for yourselves. ...tss snip...see full text ; Sunday, December 15, 2013 FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE
http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2013/12/fda-part-589-substances-prohibited-from.html ONE SUCH INCIDENT CAN CAUSE 10,000,000 MILLION POUNDS OF SUSPECT BANNED MAD COW PROTEIN GOING INTO COMMERCE TO BE FED OUT ; 2007 10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007 Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II PRODUCT Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried, Recall # V-024-2007 CODE Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross- contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 42,090 lbs. DISTRIBUTION WI ___________________________________ PRODUCT Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot- Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A- BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007 CODE The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with commodity and weights identified. RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 9,997,976 lbs. DISTRIBUTION ID and NV END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007 http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/2007/ucm120446.htm Saturday, August 4, 2012 Final Feed Investigation Summary - California BSE Case - July 2012 http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/08/final-feed-investigation-summary.html Saturday, December 15, 2012 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: the effect of oral exposure dose on attack rate and incubation period in cattle -- an update 5 December 2012
http://bovineprp.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-presence-of-disease-associated.html Thursday, February 20, 2014 *** Unnecessary precautions BSE MAD COW DISEASE Dr. William James FSIS VS Dr. Linda Detwiler 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/unnecessary-precautions-bse-mad-cow.html
WHAT about the sporadic CJD TSE proteins ? WE now know that some cases of sporadic CJD are linked to atypical BSE and atypical Scrapie, so why are not MORE concerned about the sporadic CJD, and all it’s sub-types $$$ 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 *** http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/08/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd-cases.html Sunday, October 13, 2013 *** CJD TSE Prion Disease Cases in Texas by Year, 2003-2012 http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/10/cjd-tse-prion-disease-cases-in-texas-by.html
Sunday, August 09, 2009 CJD...Straight talk with...James Ironside...and...Terry Singeltary... 2009 http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/08/cjdstraight-talk-withjames.html http://prionopathy.blogspot.com/2011/05/variably-protease-sensitive-prionopathy.html http://cjdusa.blogspot.com/ Friday, January 10, 2014 vpspr, sgss, sffi, TSE, an iatrogenic by-product of gss, ffi, familial type prion disease, what it ??? http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2014/01/vpspr-sgss-sffi-tse-iatrogenic-by.html Sunday, January 19, 2014 National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 as of January 8, 2014 http://prionunitusaupdate.blogspot.com/2014/01/national-prion-disease-pathology.html Wednesday, December 11, 2013 *** Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ***
http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/12/detection-of-infectivity-in-blood-of.html Friday, February 14, 2014 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) biannual update (February 2014), with briefing on novel human prion disease National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit NCJDRSU http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2014/02/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd-biannual.html Monday, February 24, 2014 *** Sporadic Fatal Insomnia in an Adolescent http://sporadicffi.blogspot.com/2014/02/sporadic-fatal-insomnia-in-adolescent.html just saying...kind regards, terry Posted by
Unnecessary precautions BSE MAD COW DISEASE Dr. William James FSIS VS Dr. Linda Detwiler William James
Dr. William James capped a 28-year career at USDA’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) as the agency’s chief veterinarian. During his career in FSIS he worked in the offices of Field Operations, Policy, Science, and International Affairs. James supervised district offices, coordinated animal welfare enforcement throughout the country, directed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of livestock and poultry, implemented pathogen and residue sampling and had executive oversight of import and export issues for FSIS. Unnecessary precautions (The views and opinions expressed in this blog are strictly those of the author.) Snuffy was the kids’ dog. Grew up with them. A beagle, so he was always hungry. Worst decision of my life was letting the kids make a house dog of him. No food was safe around that ravenous animal. Good thing he was short. If you made the mistake of setting your plate or bowl where he could reach it, you picked it up empty. The kids grew up and moved out. Eventually, Snuffy moved on, too. Sixteen years is a long life for a dog. At least, it seemed long to us.
Changing gears a bit, many of you remember the terrible news when the first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was diagnosed in the United States. The news was released on December 23rd, 2003 and life for the beef industry in this country changed for the worse. In a matter of weeks, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued an Emergency Final Rule establishing various tissues in cattle of particular ages as “specified risk materials,” or SRMs. SRMs are recognized as potential sources of infectivity for BSE, and should be condemned in countries with BSE. The rule was published in 2004. Ten years ago. But the situation is different now. Due to the diligence of government and industry both before and after the index case, BSE has never been able to gain a foothold in this country. In May of last year, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared the U.S. to be at “negligible” risk for BSE. “Negligible” risk is the OIE’s best classification for the disease. It’s an important upgrade.
Although FSIS is hanging on to the SRM regulations, the OIE does not require these precautions to maintain the designation of “negligible” risk, or to trade in beef from “negligible” risk countries. Also, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a progressive final rule last November bringing the United States in line with reasonable international trading norms according to OIE risk guidelines. It doesn’t help our export negotiations when we try to convince another country to accept U.S. beef according to international standards, but we don’t trust our own risk evaluation. Importantly, there has never been a recorded case of the human form of BSE (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) acquired in the United State. Review of past cases of Alzheimer’s Disease by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports this assertion.
But FSIS can’t seem to let go of its precautions. The rule is costly for both processors and taxpayers. It has no measurable public health benefit. By definition, there is negligible risk. It’s time for FSIS to stop acting like the James household and just move on.
2/12/2014 ********* Response from Linda Detwiler, Assistant Director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine (CPCVM) at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland:
I respectfully disagree with your assessment that the current BSE SRM requirements are not necessary. Unlike your cute hound analogy where you have definitive proof of zero risk, one cannot say the same about BSE. I could provide > 5 pages of scientific justification for these requirements but I am limited by the word count. So in a nutshell:
• We do not truly know or understand the “real” risk to the public in regards to vCJD as caused by classical BSE and any risk that may be caused by atypical BSE. • Per results of the UK’s appendix survey, it appears that humans may be susceptible to infection with the BSE agent at doses below what was previously considered. Currently the central prevalence estimate of vCJD in the UK is very close to 1 in 2,000 in the age cohort tested.
• The UK has substantial evidence of “subclinical” vCJD and it is not known whether these people will ever develop the disease and/or if they are a risk to the blood or organ supply. • We have less of an understanding of atypical BSE and its potential risk to humans. All 3 native born cases in the US were atypical. The US surveillance system is not intended to detect and eliminate such cases from the food supply, hence after each case was reported, the government reassured the public that the SRM bans were protective.
• In March 2013, APHIS will begin allowing the importation of certain live bovines and bovine products from other countries. The risk to the US public is not limited to the US system alone. http://www.meatingplace.com/Industry/Blogs/Details/48115?allowguest=true Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S. Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the following points in mind: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_Assess_Response_Public_Comments.pdf Owens, Julie From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM To: FSIS RegulationsComments Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Page 1 of 98 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf FSIS, USDA, REPLY TO SINGELTARY http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_Assess_Response_Public_Comments.pdf U.S.A. 50 STATE BSE MAD COW CONFERENCE CALL Jan. 9, 2001 http://tseac.blogspot.com/2011/02/usa-50-state-bse-mad-cow-conference.html http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2012/02/eight-former-secretaries-of-agriculture.html Tuesday, June 4, 2013 INTERPRETING RESULTS OF FSIS VERIFICATION SAMPLING OF DOMESTIC BEEF PRODUCT DERIVED FROM ADVANCED MEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS (AMR01/FAMR01) FSIS Notice 38-12 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2013/06/interpreting-results-of-fsis.html Thursday, May 30, 2013 World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has upgraded the United States' risk classification for mad cow disease to "negligible" from "controlled", and risk further exposing the globe to the TSE prion mad cow type disease U.S. gets top mad-cow rating from international group and risk further exposing the globe to the TSE prion mad cow type disease http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2013/05/world-organization-for-animal-health.html http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2013/05/statement-from-agriculture-secretary.html Tuesday, July 17, 2012 O.I.E. BSE, CWD, SCRAPIE, TSE PRION DISEASE Final Report of the 80th General Session, 20 - 25 May 2012 http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/07/oie-bse-cwd-scrapie-tse-prion-disease.html IN SHORT, AND IN A NUT SHELL ; (Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006) 11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate declarations made by the official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau, http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf Friday, February 14, 2014 *** OFFAL from Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8, 2014 shipped to Texas, Florida, and Illinois UPDATE FEBRUARY 14, 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/offal-from-class-i-recall-002-2014-and.html Tuesday, February 11, 2014 *** California Firm Recalls Various Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8, 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/california-firm-recalls-various-meat.html Wednesday, February 12, 2014 *** USDA/APHIS NOTICE: Final Rule Regarding Imports and BSE Effective March 4, 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/usdaaphis-notice-final-rule-regarding.html Sunday, February 2, 2014 The Presence of Disease-Associated Prion Protein in Skeletal Muscle of Cattle Infected with Classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy NOTE Pathology http://bovineprp.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-presence-of-disease-associated.html *** October 2009 O.11.3 *** Infectivity in skeletal muscle of BASE-infected cattle Silvia Suardi1, Chiara Vimercati1, Fabio Moda1, Ruggerone Margherita1, Ilaria Campagnani1, Guerino Lombardi2, Daniela Gelmetti2, Martin H. Groschup3, Anne Buschmann3, Cristina Casalone4, Maria Caramelli4, Salvatore Monaco5, Gianluigi Zanusso5, Fabrizio Tagliavini1 1Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute,Italy; 2IZS Brescia, Italy; 33FLI Insel Riems, D, Germany; 4CEA-IZS Torino, Italy; 5University of Verona, Italy Background: BASE is an atypical form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy caused by a prion strain distinct from that of BSE. Upon experimental transmission to cattle, BASE induces a previously unrecognized disease phenotype marked by mental dullness and progressive atrophy of hind limb musculature. Whether affected muscles contain infectivity is unknown. This is a critical issue since the BASE strain is readily transmissible to a variety of hosts including primates, suggesting that humans may be susceptible. Objectives: To investigate the distribution of infectivity in peripheral tissues of cattle experimentally infected with BASE. Methods: Groups of Tg mice expressing bovine PrP (Tgbov XV, n= 7-15/group) were inoculated both i.c. and i.p. with 10% homogenates of a variety of tissues including brain, spleen, cervical lymph node, kidney and skeletal muscle (m. longissimus dorsi) from cattle intracerebrally infected with BASE. No PrPres was detectable in the peripheral tissues used for inoculation either by immunohistochemistry or Western blot. Results: Mice inoculated with BASE-brain homogenates showed clinical signs of disease with incubation and survival times of 175±15 and 207±12 days. Five out of seven mice challenged with skeletal muscle developed a similar neurological disorder, with incubation and survival times of 380±11 and 410±12 days. At present (700 days after inoculation) mice challenged with the other peripheral tissues are still healthy. The neuropathological phenotype and PrPres type of the affected mice inoculated either with brain or muscle were indistinguishable and matched those of Tgbov XV mice infected with natural BASE. Discussion: Our data indicate that the skeletal muscle of cattle experimentally infected with BASE contains significant amount of infectivity, at variance with BSE-affected cattle, raising the issue of intraspecies transmission and the potential risk for humans. Experiments are in progress to assess the presence of infectivity in skeletal muscles of natural BASE. http://www.prion2009.com/sites/default/files/Prion2009_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf 1: J Infect Dis 1980 Aug;142(2):205-8 *** Oral transmission of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and scrapie to nonhuman primates. Gibbs CJ Jr, Amyx HL, Bacote A, Masters CL, Gajdusek DC. Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of humans and scrapie disease of sheep and goats were transmitted to squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) that were exposed to the infectious agents only by their nonforced consumption of known infectious tissues. The asymptomatic incubation period in the one monkey exposed to the virus of kuru was 36 months; that in the two monkeys exposed to the virus of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was 23 and 27 months, respectively; and that in the two monkeys exposed to the virus of scrapie was 25 and 32 months, respectively. Careful physical examination of the buccal cavities of all of the monkeys failed to reveal signs or oral lesions. One additional monkey similarly exposed to kuru has remained asymptomatic during the 39 months that it has been under observation. snip... The successful transmission of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and scrapie by natural feeding to squirrel monkeys that we have reported provides further grounds for concern that scrapie-infected meat may occasionally give rise in humans to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. PMID: 6997404 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6997404&dopt=Abstract
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 8:15 PM To: BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG Subject: [BSE-L] FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE OAI 2012-2013 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. ATL-DO 1035703 Newberry Feed & Farm Ctr, Inc. 2431 Vincent St. Newberry SC 29108-0714 OPR DR, FL, FR, TH HP 9/9/2013 OAI Y DET-DO 1824979 Hubbard Feeds, Inc. 135 Main, P.O. Box 156 Shipshewana IN 46565-0156 OPR DR, FL, OF DP 8/29/2013 OAI Y ATL-DO 3001460882 Talley Farms Feed Mill Inc 6309 Talley Rd Stanfield NC 28163-7617 OPR FL, TH NP 7/17/2013 OAI N NYK-DO 3010260624 Sherry Sammons 612 Stoner Trail Rd Fonda NY 12068-5007 OPR FR, OF NP 7/16/2013 OAI Y DEN-DO 3008575486 Rocky Ford Pet Foods 21693 Highway 50 East Rocky Ford CO 81067 OPR RE, TH HP 2/27/2013 OAI N CHI-DO 3007091297 Rancho Cantera 2866 N Sunnyside Rd Kent IL 61044-9605 OPR FR, OF HP 11/26/2012 OAI Y *** 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 Ruminant Feed Inspections Firms Inventory (excel format) http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/ComplianceEnforcement/BovineSpongiformEncephalopathy/ucm114507.htm PLEASE NOTE, the VAI violations were so numerous, and unorganized in dates posted, as in numerical order, you will have to sift through them for yourselves. ...tss SNIP...
SEE FULL TEXT ; Sunday, December 15, 2013 FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2013/12/fda-part-589-substances-prohibited-from.html I applaud the great efforts of the HSUS on their undercover work on this and other cases, but in my opinion, USDA ET AL are wrong on the science of BSE and risk factor there from from young animals, especially with veal (*** see BSE Inquiry CJD report on veal and BSE), and the department of justice missed the boat on the NSLP deadstock downer cow program, where for 4 years, the NSLP fed deadstock downer cows to our children all across the Nation, the most high risk cattle for mad cow disease and other deadly pathogens, then hid this fact under a recall for animal abuse...these are the sad facts as I have come to know them...who will watch our children for the next 50 years $$$ ============================================================================================================ *** Individuals reported to eat veal on average at least once a year appear to be at 13 TIMES THE RISK of individuals who have never eaten veal. *** There is, however, a very wide confidence interval around this estimate. There is no strong evidence that eating veal less than once per year is associated with increased risk of CJD (p = 0.51). *** The association between venison eating and risk of CJD shows similar pattern, with regular venison eating associated with a 9 FOLD INCREASE IN RISK OF CJD (p = 0.04). *** There is some evidence that risk of CJD INCREASES WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY OF LAMB EATING (p = 0.02). *** In conclusion, an analysis of dietary histories revealed statistical associations between various meats/animal products and INCREASED RISK OF CJD. When some account was taken of possible confounding, the association between VEAL EATING AND RISK OF CJD EMERGED AS THE STRONGEST OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS STATISTICALLY. ... ============================================================================================================= CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIRD ANNUAL REPORT AUGUST 1994 Consumption of venison and veal was much less widespread among both cases and controls. For both of these meats there was evidence of a trend with increasing frequency of consumption being associated with increasing risk of CJD. (not nvCJD, but sporadic CJD...tss) These associations were largely unchanged when attention was restricted to pairs with data obtained from relatives. ... Table 9 presents the results of an analysis of these data. *** There is STRONG evidence of an association between ‘’regular’’ veal eating and risk of CJD (p = .0.01). *** Individuals reported to eat veal on average at least once a year appear to be at 13 TIMES THE RISK of individuals who have never eaten veal. There is, however, a very wide confidence interval around this estimate. There is no strong evidence that eating veal less than once per year is associated with increased risk of CJD (p = 0.51). The association between venison eating and risk of CJD shows similar pattern, with regular venison eating associated with a 9 FOLD INCREASE IN RISK OF CJD (p = 0.04). There is some evidence that risk of CJD INCREASES WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY OF LAMB EATING (p = 0.02). The evidence for such an association between beef eating and CJD is weaker (p = 0.14). When only controls for whom a relative was interviewed are included, this evidence becomes a little STRONGER (p = 0.08). snip...
In conclusion, an analysis of dietary histories revealed statistical associations between various meats/animal products and INCREASED RISK OF CJD. When some account was taken of possible confounding, the association between VEAL EATING AND RISK OF CJD EMERGED AS THE STRONGEST OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS STATISTICALLY. ... snip... In the study in the USA, a range of foodstuffs were associated with an increased risk of CJD, including liver consumption which was associated with an apparent SIX-FOLD INCREASE IN THE RISK OF CJD. By comparing the data from 3 studies in relation to this particular dietary factor, the risk of liver consumption became non-significant with an odds ratio of 1.2 (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, PROFESSOR A. HOFMAN. ERASMUS UNIVERSITY, ROTTERDAM). (???...TSS) snip...see full report ;
http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20090505194948/http://bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1994/08/00004001.pdf Thursday, October 10, 2013 *** CJD REPORT 1994 increased risk for consumption of veal and venison and lamb http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/10/cjd-report-1994-increased-risk-for.html
Thursday, November 28, 2013 Department of Justice Former Suppliers of Beef to National School Lunch Program Settle Allegations of Improper Practices and Mistreating Cows http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2013/11/department-of-justice-former-suppliers.html seems USDA NSLP et al thought that it would be alright, to feed our children all across the USA, via the NSLP, DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, the most high risk cattle for mad cow type disease, and other dangerous pathogens, and they did this for 4 years, that was documented, then hid what they did by having a recall, one of the largest recalls ever, and they made this recall and masked the reason for the recall due to animal abuse (I do not condone animal abuse), not for the reason of the potential for these animals to have mad cow BSE type disease (or other dangerous and deadly pathogens). these TSE prion disease can lay dormant for 5, 10, 20 years, or longer, WHO WILL WATCH OUR CHILDREN FOR THE NEXT 5 DECADES FOR CJD ??? Saturday, September 21, 2013 Westland/Hallmark: 2008 Beef Recall A Case Study by The Food Industry Center January 2010 THE FLIM-FLAM REPORT http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2013/09/westlandhallmark-2008-beef-recall-case.html 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) http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/safety/pdf/Hallmark-Westland_byState.pdf try this link ; http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2013/09/school-food-authorities-affected-by.html Sunday, November 13, 2011 California BSE mad cow beef recall, QFC, CJD, and dead stock downer livestock http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/11/california-bse-mad-cow-beef-recall-qfc.html Thursday, February 13, 2014 HSUS VS USDA ET AL BAN DOWNER CALVES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (*veal) and potential BSE risk factor there from http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/hsus-vs-usda-et-al-ban-downer-calves.html *** see today ;
> > > The CWD infection rate was nearly 80%, the highest ever in a North American captive herd. <<< From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:18 PM To: BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG Subject: [BSE-L] CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD WISCONSIN Almond Deer (Buckhorn Flats) Farm Update DECEMBER 2011 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD WISCONSIN Almond Deer (Buckhorn Flats) Farm Update DECEMBER 2011 http://dnr.wi.gov/about/nrb/2011/december/12-11-2b2.pdf SNIP...SEE FULL TEXT ; http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/12/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-wisconsin.html Wednesday, September 04, 2013 ***cwd - cervid captive livestock escapes, loose and on the run in the wild... http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2013/09/cwd-cervid-captive-livestock-escapes.html 2014 CWD UPDATE *** PRICE OF CWD TSE PRION POKER GOES UP 2014 *** Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE PRION update January 2, 2014 *** chronic wasting disease, there was no absolute barrier to conversion of the human prion protein. *** Furthermore, the form of human PrPres produced in this in vitro assay when seeded with CWD, resembles that found in the most common human prion disease, namely sCJD of the MM1 subtype. Wednesday, January 01, 2014 Molecular Barriers to Zoonotic Transmission of Prions *** chronic wasting disease, there was no absolute barrier to conversion of the human prion protein. *** Furthermore, the form of human PrPres produced in this in vitro assay when seeded with CWD, resembles that found in the most common human prion disease, namely sCJD of the MM1 subtype. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0858_article.htm http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2014/01/molecular-barriers-to-zoonotic.html *** The potential impact of prion diseases on human health was greatly magnified by the recognition that interspecies transfer of BSE to humans by beef ingestion resulted in vCJD. While changes in animal feed constituents and slaughter practices appear to have curtailed vCJD, there is concern that CWD of free-ranging deer and elk in the U.S. might also cross the species barrier. Thus, consuming venison could be a source of human prion disease. Whether BSE and CWD represent interspecies scrapie transfer or are newly arisen prion diseases is unknown. Therefore, the possibility of transmission of prion disease through other food animals cannot be ruled out. There is evidence that vCJD can be transmitted through blood transfusion. There is likely a pool of unknown size of asymptomatic individuals infected with vCJD, and there may be asymptomatic individuals infected with the CWD equivalent. These circumstances represent a potential threat to blood, blood products, and plasma supplies. http://cdmrp.army.mil/prevfunded/nprp/NPRP_Summit_Final_Report.pdf Thursday, January 2, 2014 *** CWD TSE Prion in cervids to hTGmice, Heidenhain Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease MM1 genotype, and iatrogenic CJD ??? *** SNIP... Subtype 1: (sCJDMM1 and sCJDMV1) This subtype is observed in patients who are MM homozygous or MV heterozygous at codon 129 of the PrP gene (PRNP) and carry PrPSc Type 1. Clinical duration is short, 3‑4 months.32 The most common presentation in sCJDMM1 patients is cognitive impairment leading to frank dementia, gait or limb ataxia, myoclonic jerks and visual signs leading to cortical blindness (Heidenhain’s syndrome)... https://www.landesbioscience.com/pdf/06Ahmad_Liberski.pdf Animals injected with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease MM1 and genetic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease MM1 linked to the E200K mutation showed the same phenotypic features as those infected with sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease MM1 prions... http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/09/07/brain.awq234.full.pdf *** our results raise the possibility that CJD cases classified as VV1 may include cases caused by iatrogenic transmission of sCJD-MM1 prions or food-borne infection by type 1 prions from animals, e.g., chronic wasting disease prions in cervid. In fact, two CJD-VV1 patients who hunted deer or consumed venison have been reported (40, 41). The results of the present study emphasize the need for traceback studies and careful re-examination of the biochemical properties of sCJD-VV1 prions. *** http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/M704597200v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Cross-sequence+transmission+of+sporadic+Creutzfeldt-Jakob+disease+creates+a+new+&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/01/agent-strain-variation-in-human-prion.html SNIP...SEE FULL TEXT ; Thursday, January 2, 2014 *** CWD TSE Prion in cervids to hTGmice, Heidenhain Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease MM1 genotype, and iatrogenic CJD ??? ***
http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2014/01/cwd-tse-prion-in-cervids-to-htgmice.html Wednesday, January 01, 2014 APHIS-2006-0118-0100 Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program and Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2014/01/aphis-2006-0118-0100-chronic-wasting.html Friday, November 22, 2013 Wasting disease is threat to the entire UK deer population CWD TSE Prion disease Singeltary submission to Scottish Parliament http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2013/11/wasting-disease-is-threat-to-entire-uk.html Monday, February 3, 2014
*** Evaluation of the zoonotic potential of transmissible mink encephalopathy TSE Prion disease Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES http://bovineprp.blogspot.com/2014/02/evaluation-of-zoonotic-potential-of.html Sunday, February 16, 2014 Recycling collection to benefit young mother with rare, terminal disease
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140214/NEWS/140219809/-1/NEWSMAP Sunday, August 09, 2009 CJD...Straight talk with...James Ironside...and...Terry Singeltary... 2009 http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/08/cjdstraight-talk-withjames.html http://prionopathy.blogspot.com/2011/05/variably-protease-sensitive-prionopathy.html http://cjdusa.blogspot.com/ Friday, January 10, 2014 vpspr, sgss, sffi, TSE, an iatrogenic by-product of gss, ffi, familial type prion disease, what it ??? http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2014/01/vpspr-sgss-sffi-tse-iatrogenic-by.html Monday, February 03, 2014 CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE T.S.E. PRION U.K. UPDATE As at 3rd February 2014 http://vcjd.blogspot.com/2014/02/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-tse-prion-uk.html WHAT about the sporadic CJD TSE proteins ? WE now know that some cases of sporadic CJD are linked to atypical BSE and atypical Scrapie, so why are not MORE concerned about the sporadic CJD, and all it’s sub-types $$$ 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 *** http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/08/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd-cases.html Sunday, October 13, 2013 *** CJD TSE Prion Disease Cases in Texas by Year, 2003-2012 http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/10/cjd-tse-prion-disease-cases-in-texas-by.html Sunday, January 19, 2014 National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 as of January 8, 2014 http://prionunitusaupdate.blogspot.com/2014/01/national-prion-disease-pathology.html Wednesday, December 11, 2013 *** Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ***
http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2013/12/detection-of-infectivity-in-blood-of.html Friday, February 14, 2014 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) biannual update (February 2014), with briefing on novel human prion disease National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit NCJDRSU http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2014/02/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd-biannual.html TSS
From: Meat and Poultry Hotline - FSIS Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:24 PM
To: 'Terry S. Singeltary Sr.' Subject: RE: OFFAL from Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8, 2014 shipped to Texas, Florida, and Illinois
Thank you for writing back. Offal is another word for organ meats or parts of the animal other than meat. In this case Offal would include the cheeks, tripa, lips, sweetbreads, tripe and other parts of the animal. 20-60lb boxes of these parts were shipped to distributers and retailers in California, Texas, Illinois and Florida. At this time we only have the Retail Distribution List for California but we are working on the lists for the other states. Sincerely, Meat and Poultry Hotline Webmaster To speak to a Food Safety Specialist, call the Hotline at 1-888-674-6854 e-mail: mphotline@fsis.usda.gov Food safety information is also available 24/7, by going to “Ask Karen,” our automated virtual representative at www.askkaren.gov. You may type your food safety question directly into the automated virtual representative feature. Check your steps at http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [mailto:flounder9@verizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:07 PMTo: Meat and Poultry Hotline - FSISSubject: Re: OFFAL from Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8, 2014 shipped to Texas, Florida, and Illinois
greetings again Meat and Poultry Hotline, thank you for your reply.
The recall affects all beef processed at Rancho between Jan. 1, 2013 and Jan. 7, 2014, a USDA spokesman said. The carcasses and other parts, commonly referred to as offal, were shipped to retailers and distributors in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20140211/COMMUNITY/140219942/-1/community?p=5&tc=pg
From: Meat and Poultry Hotline - FSIS Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:55 PM
Thank you for writing the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline. The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:
"Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only) snip...end...tss
1 Fajitas Meats and Fish 3921 10th Avenue North Lake Worth FL-Florida http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/0871ce45-1c81-4af8-99c5-e0d0d60216c5/RC-013-2014-Retail-List.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=0871ce45-1c81-4af8-99c5-e0d0d60216c5 previously this week ; http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-002-2014-release
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 *** California Firm Recalls Various Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8, 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/california-firm-recalls-various-meat.html Wednesday, February 12, 2014 *** USDA/APHIS NOTICE: Final Rule Regarding Imports and BSE Effective March 4, 2014 http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2014/02/usdaaphis-notice-final-rule-regarding.html