Do you think that mad cow disease is a serious threat for the US?!
Answers: Could be - since the present administration regards inspections as unwarranted interference in corporate affairs, and since the meat-processing industry prefers to let the invisible hand of the marketplace determine health and safety practices, we'll be finding out in somewhere from 10-20 years just how much prion-contaminated beef has entered the food chain. Given the recent upsurge in E.coli-contaminated foods, which should be much easier to detect and prevent, I'm not too hopeful. Still, unless you eat hamburger, or other ground beef products, you should be reasonably OK (meaning your chances of getting vBSE are probably less than being killed by a car).
It could be if there is any slowness in implementing an immediate Lock-down.
No! They do alot of testing on the cattle these days! So they catch things quickly and they keep the farmers informed of what to look for in case they see something out of the ordinary. So I wouldn't worry about it!
mad cow?????? I haven't heard that term since the last time the government wanted a distraction for the stupid stuff they're trying to get away with...no wait that was SARS, too, whatever happened to that?
No, I do not. Come on, stop spreading rumors.
You probably don't have to worry, but if you're going to worry anyways, remember that mad cow disease comes mainly from eating ground up meat. The disease is in the spine not the muscles and ground meat is commonly picked off bones where there may be traces of spine. You can eat steak or any whole cut of meat without any problems.
If you want to know more about Mad Cow and how the government tries to cover it up, watch the documentary called "Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up." It will at least make you ask some questions about your food source.