MHO.. We had a 'single' case of mad cow Last year and caught it really fast. The US had a 'single' case very recently, and they caught it very fast.
It seems to me, there is no real reason to panic and the beef in both Canada and the US is Safe.
I for one am not paranoid and would feel perfectly safe eating a nice juicy steak from either Canada or the US.
Here's a question, If we discover a new way to detect a desease that we otherwise would not be able to detect, does that mean that the desease did not exist prior to our being able to detect it? For all we know we have been eating 'mad cows' since the early days of settlement. What I never hear is 'just what happens to a human that eats 'mad cow' infected beef?' Do we go mad? is it diarea for a week? do men spontaniously become pregnant? What is the 'real danger' I would like to know how this really affects us.
Does anyone here know the 'effects, side-effects' of eating 'mad-cow' infected beef?
nuf said, Cheers!
[ January 03, 2004, 10:15: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]