Thursday, January 17, 2013

FSA notified of two breaches of BSE testing regulations 14 January 2013

14 January 2013
 
 
 
 
FSA notified of two breaches of BSE testing regulations


 
There have been two separate incidents in which cattle aged over 72 months entered the food chain without being tested for BSE. The incidents involved a total of three animals.


 
The risk to human health is very low as it is very unlikely that any of the cattle would have been infected. The specified risk material (SRM), parts of the cattle most likely to carry BSE infection, had been removed in each case.
 
 
 
 
Bridport
 
 
 
 
On 20 August 2012, two cattle over 72 months of age were slaughtered at S J Norman and Sons abattoir in Bridport and were not tested for BSE before leaving the premises. One animal was 332 days over the 72 month age limit; the other by 1,383 days. The error was discovered on 22 October during routine cross-checks of slaughter and BSE data.
 
 
 
 
It is mandatory for all cattle slaughtered for human consumption and aged over 72 months to have a negative BSE test result. According to regulations any cattle that has not been tested, along with the animal slaughtered immediately before it and the two immediately after, should not enter the food supply.
 
 
 
 
In total, seven carcasses had to be traced in this instance, because of the sequence of the two kills. Meat from these animals was mixed up with other consignments. Most of the meat had been processed or sold on to the end consumer and was no longer in the food supply chain. Of the remaining meat, 1,720 kg was traced to a cold storage facility in Essex. It was disposed of and did not enter the food supply. A further 233 kg had been exported to Malta and the Maltese authorities were informed.


 
Nantwich
 
 
 
 
Separately, on 2 March 2012 a bovine that was 89 months and 27 days of age was slaughtered at High Peak Meat Exports abattoir in Nantwich. Again it was not tested before leaving the premises. The error was discovered during routine data checks on 25 May.
 
 
 
 
The investigation found that only three animals were slaughtered on 2 March. The carcasses, along with six others slaughtered later that month, were dispatched to the Netherlands on 6 March. The Dutch authorities were notified of the breach. No edible meat or offal from the animals slaughtered on 2 March was sold as food in the UK.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, December 21, 2011


 
Potential mad cows that entered food supply without being tested for BSE 2011: UK END OF YEAR REVIEW
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, September 6, 2012


 
UK Breaches of BSE controls in consignments of beef 2011 communications missing four reports
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, December 21, 2012
 
 
 
 
Four BSE cases with an L-BSE molecular profile in cattle from Great Britain Veterinary Record doi:10.1136/vr.101158 Paper
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, November 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
PROPOSED DECISION TO STOP BSE TESTING OF HEALTHY CATTLE SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION FSA 12/12/04 Open Board – 11 December 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EURO QUALITY RECALLS ITS LAMBS' BRAINS


 
Euro Quality Lambs Ltd is recalling its lambs’ brains, which have entered the food chain without being inspected properly. The Food Standards Agency is asking all local authority enforcement officers to ensure that the product is withdrawn from sale and destroyed. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Action.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
 
 
 
 
IN CONFIDENCE
 
 
 
 
SCRAPIE TRANSMISSION TO CHIMPANZEES
 
 
 
 
IN CONFIDENCE


 
 
 
 
 
why do we not want to do TSE transmission studies on chimpanzees $
 
 
 
 
snip...
 
 
 
 
5. A positive result from a chimpanzee challenged severly would likely create alarm in some circles even if the result could not be interpreted for man. I have a view that all these agents could be transmitted provided a large enough dose by appropriate routes was given and the animals kept long enough. Until the mechanisms of the species barrier are more clearly understood it might be best to retain that hypothesis.


 
snip...


 
R. BRADLEY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, February 11, 2011
 
 
 
 
Atypical/Nor98 Scrapie Infectivity in Sheep Peripheral Tissues


 
 
 
 
 
Monday, April 25, 2011
 
 
 
 
Experimental Oral Transmission of Atypical Scrapie to Sheep


 
Volume 17, Number 5-May 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunday, April 18, 2010
 
 
 
 
SCRAPIE AND ATYPICAL SCRAPIE TRANSMISSION STUDIES A REVIEW 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, November 18, 2010
 
 
 
 
Increased susceptibility of human-PrP transgenic mice to bovine spongiform encephalopathy following passage in sheep
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
 
 
 
 
EFSA and ECDC review scientific evidence on possible links between TSEs in animals and humans Webnachricht 19 Januar 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monday, June 27, 2011
 
 
 
 
Comparison of Sheep Nor98 with Human Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, December 14, 2012
 
 
 
 
DEFRA U.K. What is the risk of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD being introduced into Great Britain? A Qualitative Risk Assessment October 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ANY RELAXING OF ANY BSE TESTING RULES WOULD NOT BE BASED ON SOUND SCIENCE, BUT BASED ON INDUSTRY LED SCIENCE AND MONEY $$$
 
 
 
 
we now know that indeed atypical BSE is transmissible to cattle and other species, and atypical BSE have been documented in older cattle to date. so relaxing any BSE testing on older cattle would be a huge step backwards, and could risk everything that has been done over the past 27 years to try and eradicate BSE. ...
 
 
 
 
on a lighter note, seems anything goes now $$$
 
 
 
 
16 January 2013
 
 
 
 
FSA investigation into horse DNA found in some burgers
 
 
 
 
The Food Standards Agency is investigating urgently how a number of beef products on sale in the UK and Republic of Ireland came to contain some traces of horse and pig DNA.
 
 
 
 
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland reported yesterday (Tuesday, 15 January) that an analysis they carried out into the authenticity, or labelling accuracy, of a number of burger products revealed that some contained horse and pig DNA.
 
 
 
 
In particular, 27 beefburger products were analysed, with 10 of the 27 products (37%) testing positive for horse DNA and 23 (85%) testing positive for pig DNA. In nine of the ten beefburger samples, horse DNA was found at very low levels. In one sample from Tesco, the level of horse DNA indicated that horse meat was present and accounted for approximately 29% of the total meat content of the burger.


 
All of the retailers involved so far have removed potentially affected products from their shelves.
 
 
 
 
The FSA has been in contact overnight with the retailers and producers named in the FSAI survey and has called a meeting this afternoon with a wider range of food industry representatives to discover the extent of the potential problem and to investigate how this contamination might have occurred.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, January 5, 2012
 
 
 
 
Horse Meat, slaughter for consumption USA
 
 
 
 
snip...
 
 
 
 
Greetings,
 
 
 
 
for what it’s worth.
 
 
 
 
I am against horse slaughter for consumption or any other purpose i.e. fertilizer, plastic, fuel, etc.
 
 
 
 
I am against the use of primates in scientific studies. because arguments will always persist on proof of human relation from any given study. However, I am for Human use in place of Primates in these studies. I said it long ago. Death Row inmates. compensate the families and do the studies on these death row inmates. it could be the last good thing they ever do. just my opinion.
 
 
 
 
For horses, they should use the same policy they use in the USA for old diseased mad cows, i.e. SSS policy. shoot, shovel, and shut up. either bury them or incinerate them. again, just my opinion.
 
 
 
 
there is no humanity anymore $$$


 
It brings me to the old movie. how many times do old movies come true? strange...
 
 
 
 
'soyent green'.
 
 
 
 
see ;
 
 
 
 
Soylent Green is a 1973 dystopian science fiction movie depicting a future in which overpopulation lead to depleted resources, which in turn leads to widespread unemployment and poverty. Real fruit, vegetables, and meat are rare, commodities are expensive, and much of the population survives on processed food rations, including "soylent green" wafers.
 
 
 
 
The film overlays the science fiction and police procedural genres as it depicts the efforts of New York City police detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) and elderly police researcher Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) to investigate the brutal murder of a wealthy businessman named William R. Simonson (Joseph Cotten). Thorn and Roth uncover clues which suggest that it is more than simply a bungled burglary.


 
snip...
 
 
 
 
After Roth dies, Thorn sneaks into the basement of the government-assisted suicide facility, where he sees corpses being loaded onto waste disposal trucks. He secretly hitches a ride on one of the trucks, which is driven to a heavily guarded waste disposal plant. Once inside the plant, Thorn sees how the corpses are processed into Soylent Green wafers. After Thorn escapes from the plant and heads for the supreme exchange with the information, he is ambushed by Fielding and several other gunmen. In the shootout, Thorn kills some of the gunmen, but is himself wounded. He retreats into a cathedral filled with homeless people. After a desperate fight, Thorn stabs and kills Fielding.
 
 
 
 
When police backup arrives, the seriously wounded and nearly hysterical Thorn confides to Hatcher the horrible secret behind Soylent Green and urges him to spread the word: "Soylent Green is people! We've got to stop them somehow!"


don’t believe me, were almost there ;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IN CONFIDENCE
 
 
 
 
SUSPECT BSE IN A HORSE
 
 
 
 
CYO BSE 1 9
 
 
 
 
IN CONFIDENCE


 
SUSPECT BSE IN A HORSE
 
 
 
 
The Parliamentary Secretary (Mr Maclean) will wish to be aware that, in making his differential diagnosis, a veterinary surgeon in the Reading area has included the possibility of BSE in a horse under his care. Although it is unlikely to be BSE, because of the symptoms exhibited the veterinarian believes that he cannot exclude the possibility. The case was brought to the notice of one of the veterinary staff at the CVL by the owner's veterinary surgeon and liaison is being maintained.
 
 
 
 
The horse in question is a five-year old eventing gelding which was purchased by the present owner about four months ago. Approximately two months after purchase the animal became a little apprehensive, developed mild nervous symptoms and became over-sensitive to noise. The nervous symptoms have increased and the horse is now practically impossible to ride. Investigations by the owner's private veterinary surgeon are continuing but it is likely that the animal will have to be destroyed.
 
 
 
 
If the horse should die or be destroyed, a full post-mortem examination will be required for insurance purposes and will probably be carried out at a non-Ministry laboratory. However, Mr Bradley of the Pathology Department, CVL, has informed the private veterinary surgeon that he is willing to provide a second opinion on the brain histology if requested.


 
I will keep the Parliamentary Secretary informed of any further developments in the case.
 
 
 
 
I CRAWFORD
 
 
 
 
14 May 1990


 
Mr M P H Hill, PS/Parliamentary secretary (Mr Maclean) - by FAX
 
 
 
 
cc:
 
 
 
 
Private Offices
 
 
 
 
Mr K C Meldrum
 
 
 
 
Mrs E A J Attridge D J Evans Mr K C Taylor Mr R Lawson Mr R Bradley. CVL
 
 
 
 
(hand written notes i cannot read all (cut short) as follows...tss)
 
 
 
 
The Parliamentary Secretary (Mr Maclean was grateful for this. He said that we must keep very close to ...on it, and when the horse dies, or is put down we must be told immediately. He also feels it is very important that our veterinary staff be involved in the brain examination. .........(cannot read the rest .............TSS)
 
 
 
 
90/05.14/10.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr A Huws Principal WOAD2A CP2
 
 
 
 
SUSPECT BSE IN A HORSE


 
You will wish to be aware that on Thursday afternoon 25 June the T/DVO Powys received a phone call from a veterinary Surgeon reporting his suspicion that a horse had ___contracted BSE after having been fed cattle cake___.
 
 
 
 
The clinical symptoms described were similar to those shown by cattle there ___being a similar case some months ago on the same premises___.
 
 
 
 
The owner' s name and address is:
 
 
 
 
Irene Thomas J Thomas & Company Riding Stables Penybryn Llangorse Brecon
 
 
 
 
The horse is a 12 year old gelding used for pony trekking.
 
 
 
 
By yesterday evening the horse was in a comatose state and on humane grounds was destroyed by the veterinary Surgeon. At his request a full post mortem and laboratory investigation will be carried out at the Carmarthen Veterinary Investigation Centre this morning to ascertain the exact cause; I have been told this will take at least two weeks. Charges to the veterinary Surgeon have been waived in this instance.


 
I will inform you immediately I receive a diagnosis.
 
 
 
 
26 June 1990
 
 
 
 
D SUMMERS DRVO
 
 
 
 
cc
 
 
 
 
Mr D R Williams, RVO


 
Mr A R Hunter, SVIO
 
 
 
 
90/06.26/10.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr A Huws Principal WOAD2A CP2
 
 
 
 
SUSPECT BSE IN A HORSE
 
 
 
 
You will wish to be aware that on Thursday afternoon 25 June the T/DVO Powys received a phone call from a veterinary Surgeon reporting his suspicion that a horse had contracted BSE after having been fed cattle cake. The clinical symptoms described were similar to those shown by cattle there being a similar case some months ago on the same premises.
 
 
 
 
The owner' s name and address is:
 
 
 
 
Irene Thomas J Thomas & Company Riding Stables Penybryn Llangorse Brecon
 
 
 
 
The horse is a 12 year old gelding used for pony trekking.
 
 
 
 
By yesterday evening the horse was in a comatose state and on humane grounds was destroyed by the veterinary Surgeon. At his request a full post mortem and laboratory investigation will be carried out at the Carmarthen Veterinary Investigation Centre this morning to ascertain the exact cause; I have been told this will take at least two weeks. Charges to the veterinary Surgeon have been waived in this instance.
 
 
 
 
I will inform you immediately I receive a diagnosis.
 
 
 
 
26 June 1990
 
 
 
 
D SUMMERS DRVO
 
 
 
 
cc


 
Mr D R Williams, RVO
 
 
 
 
Mr A R Hunter, SVIO
 
 
 
 
90/06.26/10.1


 
 
 
 
 
full text ;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
we know that horses, especially quarter horses and show horses are fed feed with high animal protein content, and it’s perfectly legal.
 
 
 
 
see ;


 
Nonprohibited Materials:


 
These feed materials CAN be fed to ruminants.


 
A. The following protein products derived from mammals, including ruminants, are exempt from the Ruminant Feed Ban rule and CAN be fed to ruminants:
 
 
 
 
Blood and blood products


 
Milk products (milk and milk protein)
 
 
 
 
Pure porcine (pork) protein
 
 
 
 
Pure equine (horse) protein
 
 
 
 
Gelatin Inspected meat products, such as plate waste, which have been cooked and offered for human food and further heat processed for animal feed.


snip... see full text ;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From: TSS
 
 
 
 
Subject: MAD COW/HORSE FEED BAN VIOLATIONS WARNING LETTER July 20, 2001 USA
 
 
 
 
Date: August 14, 2001 at 11:36 am PST
 
 
 
 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE


 
July 20, 2001
 
 
 
 
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
 
 
 
 
WARNING LETTER Ref. KAN 2001-028
 
 
 
 
Mr. Eric N. Blomkuist, CEO Farnam Companies, Inc. 301 W. Osborn P.O. Box 34820 Phoenix, AZ 85013
 
 
 
 
Dear Mr. Blomkuist:
 
 
 
 
An inspection of your Council Bluffs, Iowa facility that serves as a manufacturing/repackaging site for animal feed and as a distribution operation for animal drugs and feeds conducted on June 13-20, 2001 by an Investigator representing this office found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalophathy (BSE) within the borders of the United States. Such deviations cause products being manufactured and/or distributed by your facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) and misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(F) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
 
 
 
 
The inspection revealed the following:
 
 
 
 
There are no written procedures demonstrating the clean-out process used to prevent the cross- contamination of product. Your firm uses common equipment for product manufactured with prohibited material and for feed and/or drugs that are not.
 
 
 
 
Your firm distributes products that may contain prohibited material, specifically Flex Free, Equinyl, Generation and Max Flex, that are not labeled with the required cautionary statement "Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants"


 
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of products intended for animal feed use you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. At the conclusion of the inspection Form FDA483, List of Inspectional Observations was issued to Ronald G. Adler, Plant Manager identifying these and other deviations. A copy is enclosed for your information.
 
 
 
 
Our Investigator reported a telephone discussion with Mr. Barry G. Harrison who identified himself as the Corporate Counsel of the Farnam Companies, Inc. During this discussion Mr. Harrison, reportedly, claimed the products in question are exempt from the cautionary statement requirement. This claimed exemption is based on the fact the products are intended only for the equine market and your firm defines horses as pets. We cannot accept this claimed exemption because while some horses may be held as pets, horses are also working animals and in some parts of North America, food animals.
 
 
 
 
Based on our knowledge of working ranches, horse feed is often stored in the same general area as ruminant feed making a conspicuous cautionary statenmit vital on feeds and supplements, containing prohibited materials.
 
 
 
 
You should take prompt action to correct the above violations and to establish procedures whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to make immediate and lasting corrections may result in regulatory actions without further notice including but not limiting to product seizure and/or injunction.


You should respond, in writing, Within 15 working days of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Please include all the steps you plan to take, the timeframe for completing these actions and any documentation demonstrating the action's completion.
 
 
 
 
Your response should be directed to Ralph J. Gray, Compliance Officer at the above address.
 
 
 
 
Sincerely, Charles W. Sedgwick District Director Kansas City District Office
 
 
 
 
Cc: Mr. John C. Williams CEO, Manufacturing and Distribution Farnam Companies, Inc, 1302 Law Ross Road Council Bluffs, IA 51501
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subject: Re: MAD COW/HORSE FEED BAN VIOLATIONS WARNING LETTER July 20, 2001
 
 
 
 
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:43:26 –0400
 
 
 
 
From: "Robert A. LaBudde"
 
 
 
 
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
 
 
 
 
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
 
 
 
 
At 01:41 PM 8/14/01 -0700,
 
 
 
 
Terry wrote:


 
>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE


 
> >July 20, 2001
 
 
 
 
> >Our Investigator reported a telephone discussion with Mr. Barry G.


>Harrison who identified himself as the Corporate Counsel of the Farnam


>Companies, Inc. During this discussion Mr. Harrison, reportedly, claimed


 
>the products in question are exempt from the cautionary statement


>requirement. This claimed exemption is based on the fact the products
 
 
 
 
>are intended only for the equine market and your firm defines horses as
 
 
 
 
>pets. We cannot accept this claimed exemption because while some horses
 
 
 
 
>may be held as pets, horses are also working animals and in some parts


>of North America, food animals.


 
> >Based on our knowledge of working ranches, horse feed is often stored in
 
 
 
 
>the same general area as ruminant feed making a conspicuous cautionary
 
 
 
 
>statenmit vital on feeds and supplements,


 
>containing prohibited materials.
 
 
 
 
Terry:
 
 
 
 
Perhaps you should pester FDA about this "loophole". Apparently, "pet food" does not have to bear the warning labels specified for food animals.
 
 
 
 
I can't see any serious objection to expanding the label requirement to ALL animal food, not just food animals.


 
Also, horses are "ruminants", so it's disturbing that they might escape the feed ban by being classified as "pets". Another good reason to extend the warning labels and regulation to all animal foods.
 
 
 
 
Perhaps you could submit a request for ruling to the FDA on this issue to propose amending the regulation to include all animal foods, including pet foods.


 
================================================================
 
 
 
 
Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: ral@lcfltd.com Least Cost Formulations, Ltd. URL: http://lcfltd.com/ 824 Timberlake Drive Tel: 757-467-0954 Virginia Beach, VA 23464-3239 Fax: 757-467-2947
 
 
 
 
"Vere scire est per causas scire"
 
 
 
 
================================================================
 
 
 
 
Subject: Re: Horses & ruminants
 
 
 
 
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:41:29 +0200
 
 
 
 
From: Roland Heynkes
 
 
 
 
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
 
 
 
 
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
 
 
 
 
Dear Robert and Oz,


 
>> Also, horses are "ruminants", so it's disturbing that they


 
>> might escape the feed ban by being classified as "pets".


 
>> Another good reason to >extend the warning labels and


 
>> regulation to all animal foods.
 
 
 
 
> > Just a note that horses are NOT ruminants, as I am sure


 
> robert knows from the quotes.
 
 
 
 
> They are however herbivores.


 
> It's also worth noting problems with x-infection found


 
> in the EU.
 
 
 
 
> although horses are not ruminants, it is of course a very poor idea to exclude them from a feed ban. Unfortunately exactly this is the case even in Germany, where horses are still excluded from the ban, if they are not intended to become human food. As Oz mentioned, this opens an absolutely unnecessary possibility for cross contaminations. Of course I repeatedly informed the involved German politicians and authorities about this problem, but they are not interested.


 
This perfectly fits to the fact, that most German authorities are still not prepared to inform the public about the German BSE cases. If you are interested in some information about this cases, you have to visit private Internet sites. Instead most German authorities provide the public with down playing statements and links to meat industry and marketing agencies. Links to sites with scientific information about TSE safety problems are not allowed on this official sites. Official sites with useful information comparable with those that we all know from the UK, are not wanted in Germany.
 
 
 
 
This also perfectly fits to the fact, that it is at least in Germany well known since 5 days for those who are interested in such information, that Dr. Margit Herbst won the Whistleblower-Prize. You may be not surprised to learn, that this prize is from a scientific association, not from politics. She gets it, because she lost her job, just because she informed the public about the fact that her superiors were not prepared to run the necessary pathological examinations with more than 20 cattle, that she had found to show BSE symptoms between 1990 and 1994 in just one German abattoir. At that time this was the political signal for all German vets not to find any German BSE cases. And as you know, the Bavarian vets were not prepared to let my speak about German BSE risks even in May 2001.
 
 
 
 
I was interested to see, if any of the German members of this list would forward this good news about Dr. Margrit Herbst. In my opinion it is absolutely typical that this was not the case and that again I had to do this.


 
By the way, studying the British BSE statistics I found that the risk to become infected, was sharply declining from birth to the age of about 6 months and that for a given period of time the risk of infection was about 5-times as high for a calf in comparison to adult animals. It is therefore clear, that many cattle became infected only as adults. The detailed analysis will be on my site until the end of this week.
 
 
 
 
kind regards
 
 
 
 
Roland



 
 
 
 
 
 
Subject: Re: MAD COW/HORSE FEED BAN VIOLATIONS WARNING LETTER
 
 
 
 
July 20, 200 1 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:52:58 –0400
 
 
 
 
From: "Cook, Nancy" Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy


 
 
 
 
 
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
 
 
 
 
Robert, just wanted to comment on your request that the "Do not feed to Cattle or other Ruminants" statement be placed on all animal feeds. In 1997, we undertook a broad, five city survey to determine what effect that statement might have in the marketplace if it occurred on pet food labels.
 
 
 
 
Overwhelmingly, and in all locations, an immediate and severe effect was projected, not only into pet food, but into the Meat Counter as well, as people struggled with the idea that "if it's not good for ruminants (whatever they are?), why should I feed it to my pets, and oh, by the way, why should I eat beef at all if it's a problem?"


 
The Office of Management and Budget agreed with our findings and advised FDA that the labeling was not needed on pet food for retail sale or for laboratory animal feed. However, salvage products are required to bear the statement, since those products are often used for swine feed.
 
 
 
 
In most states, pets are classified as dogs and cats. Specialty pets are other caged and "aquariumed" critters. Horses and rabbits are classified as livestock.
 
 
 
 
Hope this is helpful.
 
 
 
 
Nancy K. Cook Pet Food Institute 2025 M Street, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-367-1120 202-367-2120 (fax)
 
 
 
 
Subject: Re: MAD COW/HORSE FEED BAN VIOLATIONS WARNING LETTER July 20, 2001
 
 
 
 
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:37:50 –0700
 
 
 
 
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
 
 
 
 
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
 
 
 
 
To: BSE-L@uni-karlsruhe.de References: 1
 
 
 
 
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
 
 
 
 
 
Greetings again List Members,
 
 
 
 
here is a bit of what was thought of pet foods and TSEs in the early days of the BSE Inquiry;
 
 
 
 
 
What is meat and other material from scrapie-infected sheep used for - does it include pet food and material for biological products?
 
 
 
 
 
Pet Food
 
 
 
 
 
As initial preclinical multiplication of the agent takes place in the spleen and other parts of the lympho-reticular system (LRS) there is obviously the possibility that scrapie infected material is used for pet food in addition to material from clinically affected sheep. Sheep spleens are used exclusively for pet foods and processed sheep heads are undoubtedly included.



 
Commercial canned pet food is subject to heat treatment. The following treatments are employed by . . .
 
 
 
 
 
[A table has been deleted here for commercial-in-confidence reasons.]
 
 
 
 
 
snip...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. As it will probably be some months before the answer to No. 17 is known, what steps if any would it be prudent to take in the meantime in clinically affected animals covering a) meat, offal and meat products for human consumption, b) milk, c) material used in the preparation of biologicals and d) pet food?



 
snip...
 
 
 
 
 
Given the difficulties in abattoirs of identifying parts of a given carcass it may be prudent to condemn, for any use, the whole carcass of affected animals. This would seem to be politic given the possible fears from the public of the risk of consuming products from affected animals and therefore unfairly bring all animal products into disrepute.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Might there be a human risk from other animals, eg domestic pets?


 
If scrapie-infected sheep offal is the source of infection for cows, and similar material has gone into pet food, what is the chance of dogs/cats also being infected? Even if they do not show symptoms of disease (say because the incubation period is longer than the natural life span) might they still be infectious? Would there be any chance of transmission to humans through scratches or bites?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
snip...see more here;
 
 
 
 
Thursday, January 5, 2012
 
 
 
 
Horse Meat, slaughter for consumption USA


 
 
 
 
 
Saturday, January 05, 2013
 
 
 
 
Immunohistochemical Detection of Disease- Associated Prion Protein in the Peripheral Nervous System in Experimental H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 atypical L-type BSE BASE California reports
 
 
 
 
SUMMARY REPORT CALIFORNIA BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY CASE INVESTIGATION JULY 2012
 
 
 
 
Summary Report BSE 2012


 
Executive Summary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday, August 4, 2012
 
 
 
 
Update from APHIS Regarding Release of the Final Report on the BSE Epidemiological Investigation


 
 
 
 
 
Saturday, August 4, 2012


 
*** Final Feed Investigation Summary - California BSE Case - July 2012
 
 
 
 
http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/08/final-feed-investigation-summary.html








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Saturday, August 29, 2009





FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009





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Thursday, September 3, 2009




429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009




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Friday, September 4, 2009





FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009





http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html







Tuesday, November 3, 2009




re-FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009 and Recall # V-256-2009




http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/re-foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html







From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.



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FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009




September 4, 2009




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FROM:

Terry S. Singeltary Sr.

P.O. Box 42

Bacliff, Texas USA 77518






Greetings FDA FOIE, and the Honorable Phyllis Fong et al @ OIG FOIA,




ANOTHER FOIA REQUEST PLEASE !





PLEASE SEE FULL TEXT ;




Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy CSE TSE





>>> Is anybody even looking at the dogs..especially with CWD now so widespread? <<<





NA, na, na........they know what they will find, Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy, and it was documented, but then they decided not to push the issue anymore, they had enough mad cow disease in different species to deal with. so they screwed the brains up with dogs and deer in the UK. then we took a page or two from the UKs testing protocols and USDA screwed the brains up with cattle, again, and again, and again. then played the stupid card. ya can't fix stupid. ... TSS








Monday, March 8, 2010





Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy aka MAD DOG DISEASE





Greetings,





Another Big Myth about Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, is that TSE will not transmit to dogs. This is simply NOT TRUE. IT is perfectly legal to feed dogs and cats here in the USA bovine meat and bone meal. Canine dementia is real. how many dogs and cats here in the USA are tested for mad cow disease ? I just received this F.O.I.A. request, and thought I would post it here with a follow up on MAD DOG DISEASE. This is a follow up with additional data I just received on a FOIA request in 2009 ;






see full text, and be sure to read the BSE Inquiry documents toward the bottom ;





http://caninespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2010/03/canine-spongiform-encephalopathy-aka.html







Monday, March 8, 2010





UPDATE 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009





http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2010/03/update-429128-lbs-feed-for-ruminant.html







Monday, March 1, 2010




ANIMAL PROTEIN I.E. MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE A REVIEW 2010




http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2010/03/animal-protien-ie-mad-cow-feed-in.html


 
 
 
 
Friday, November 23, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease update As at 5th November 2012 UK, USA, AND CANADA


 
 
 
 
 
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
 
 
 
 
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada, Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012
 
 
 
 
type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the rise in Canada and the USA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monday, December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and Human TSE Prion Disease in Washington State, 2006–2011-2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monday, January 14, 2013
 
 
 
 
Gambetti et al USA Prion Unit change another highly suspect USA mad cow victim to another fake name i.e. sporadic FFI at age 16 CJD Foundation goes along with this BSe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TSS

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