do you worry about mad cow disease?
I just heard there may be an infected cow in Canada.
***NOT CONFIRMED*** But it reminded me about Mad Cow disease. I had forgotten about it. Does it affect your choices?? |
Nope. Not in the slightest. The main bulk of contamination was back in 1986 when no-one knew about it so it's a bit late for us in the UK to start worrying now. :D
I buy from a reputable butcher and I don't buy cheap 'processed' meats. The burgers I eat are always home made so I know what else has gone in to them. I have to admit to being very wary of 'food scares' as there's always somethng that's bad for us somewhere along the line. It used to be fat, now it's sugar, then it was soy now soy is good again. Who knows! I eat as healthily as I can as far as my knowledge will let me. I have one aquaintance that used to stop eating something the minute it was even questioned by the media. Poor girl never knew what to eat from one day to the next! Anyone else? :D :D |
Nah
I eat alot of chicken, fish and turkey
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THe only thing I've heard about Mad Cow was in August, 2002 in Saskatchewan, a man reportly died from the disease. I live in Canada and eat meat daily, nothing at all to worry about.
Vikki |
If people in England are not going to worry about it, then I will worry about it even less. ;)
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You should have seen it here when the media unleashed its panic/scare tactics. Politicians were standing up in public eating beef, their kids were eating burgers for the TV cameras! Crazy world.
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fyi.... this is from cnn.com
OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) - A cow in Canada has tested positive for mad cow disease in a test taken on Jan. 31, a Canadian Beef Export Federation official told Reuters Tuesday. "It was (detected) just a few days ago. The actual test was taken Jan. 31 from a cow in Fairview, Alberta," the official said. "It's just one isolated case of an eight-year-old cow." The United States has temporarily banned Canada meat imports after the report of the case, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday. Veneman said the United States would not accept any "ruminant products" from Canada until further notice. Ruminant products are from animals that chew their cud, including cattle and deer. According to a U.S. cattle industry source, a herd has been impounded in northern Alberta because of suspicions of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease. Alberta accounts for nearly 60 percent of Canada's beef production. There are 5.5 million head of cattle in the western province. Beef cattle production is Alberta's largest agricultural sector providing C$3.8 billion ($2.8 billion) in annual farm cash receipts, Alberta Agriculture data show. Some 511,656 head of live cattle were shipped from Alberta to the U.S. in 2002, Alberta Agriculture said. Speculation about the case sent restaurant stocks that specialize in beef lower. Among them are McDonald's (MCD: down $1.30 to $16.86, Research, Estimates), Wendy's International (WEN: down $1.96 to $28.60, Research, Estimates) and Outback Steakhouse (OSI: down $1.17 to $35.45, Research, Estimates). |
Do I worry? Just a tad. Shucks, we should worry just crossing the street. LOL
Have to keep this in perspective. I suspect that the odds of being hit in a cross walk of a busy street are higher then eating beef that has gone mad. |
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Annual Odds of Dying by Cause (1999) -- Mad Cow Disease -- 1 in 3,048,780 Hurricane or Tornado -- 1 in 2,114,884 Being Shot by the Police -- 1 in 912,441 Drowning in the Bathtub -- 1 in 852,563 Accidently Suffocating in Bed -- 1 in 826,727 Falling From a Ladder -- 1 in 727,520 Slipping on a Sidewalk -- 1 in 446,514 Choking on Food -- 1 in 426,281 Salmonella -- 1 in 416,667 Falling Down the Stairs -- 1 in 191,992 Exposure to the Elements -- 1 in 183,347 Murder -- 1 in 16,154 Deaths by Cause (1999) -- Mad Cow Disease -- 83 Hurricane or Tornado -- 129 Being Shot by the Police -- 299 Drowning in the Bathtub -- 320 Accidently Suffocating in Bed -- 330 Falling From a Ladder -- 375 Slipping on a Sidewalk -- 611 Choking on Food -- 640 Salmonella -- 600 Falling Down the Stairs -- 1,421 Exposure to the Elements -- 1,488 Murder -- 16,889 |
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