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South Korea retailers halt U.S. beef sales, government may act
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Two major South Korean retailers halted sales of U.S. beef after an outbreak of mad cow disease as the country's agriculture ministry looked set to move towards banning quarantine inspections, a move that would effectively end imports. Lotte Mart, a unit of Lotte Shopping Co., said it had suspended sales due to what it said was "customer concerns", as did Home Plus, a unit of Britain's Tesco PLC. South Korea imported 107,000 tonnes of U.S. beef last year, or 37 percent of total imports, according to agriculture ministry data. ... Full Story | Top |
Mad cow disease found in California; no human threat seen
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities reported the country's first case of mad cow disease in six years on Tuesday, and swiftly assured consumers and global importers that there was no danger of meat from the California dairy cow entering the food chain. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the finding posed "no risk to the food supply or to human health", and experts said they were relieved by the fact that the case was "atypical" -- meaning it was a rare occurrence in which a cow contracts the disease spontaneously, rather than through the feed supply. ... Full Story | Top |
Top vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:06 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after confirming to reporters that the United States had found its fourth-ever case of mad cow disease, John Clifford was ready to answer the world's questions about the safety of U.S. beef. Clifford, the government's chief veterinary officer at the agriculture department, had quickly called his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, the first and second-largest buyers of U.S. beef, to tell them about a California cow found to have an "atypical" type of the brain-wasting disease. Having taken up his post in May 2004, just six months after the first U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Top vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:04 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after confirming to reporters that the United States had found its fourth-ever case of mad cow disease, John Clifford was ready to answer the world's questions about the safety of U.S. beef. Clifford, the government's chief veterinary officer at the agriculture department, had quickly called his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, the first and second-largest buyers of U.S. beef, to tell them about a California cow found to have an "atypical" type of the brain-wasting disease. Having taken up his post in May 2004, just six months after the first U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Factbox: Mad Cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Mad cow disease, scientifically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal neurological disease in cattle caused by an abnormal form of a prion protein that destroys the brain and spinal cord. The disease was first identified in Great Britain in 1986, although research suggests that the first infections may have spontaneously occurred in the 1970s. The disease is believed to be spread by feeding calves meat and bone meal contaminated with BSE or scrapie, a prion disease in sheep. Illnesses similar to BSE also have been seen in elk, deer and exotic zoo animals. ... Full Story | Top |
Mad cow disease found in California; no human threat seen
Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities reported the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years on Tuesday and quickly assured consumers and global importers that meat from the California dairy cow did not enter the food chain. John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer, said the case was "atypical" and that there was "no cause for alarm" from the animal. Cows can contract the disease spontaneously in rare cases and that it cannot be transmitted unless the brain or spinal tissue is consumed by humans or another animal, according to scientists. ... Full Story | Top |
New York woman fired after donating kidney to help boss
Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:46 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York woman who donated a kidney so her ailing boss would move up the transplant waiting list says she was fired shortly after the operation, according to a complaint she filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights. Deborah Stevens said her former employer, Atlantic Automotive Group, discriminated against her over disabilities brought about by complications from the surgery, and she plans to sue the company for lost earnings and damages. The company, which runs car dealerships on Long Island, said Stevens's complaint is groundless. ... Full Story | Top |
Mexico to maintain U.S. beef trade after mad cow case
Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:27 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had no plans to stop beef trade with the United States after U.S. authorities confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in California. The ministry said it would maintain the same regimen of inspections for trade across the border and that there had been no imports of beef into Mexico from where the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) had detected the disease. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. beef, dairy in food supply safe: USDA secretary
Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:25 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Beef and dairy products in the U.S. food supply are safe, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday after the Agriculture Department reported the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years. "The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human health," Vilsack said in a statement. (Reporting By Emily Stephenson; Editing by Gary Hill) Full Story | Top |
CME live cattle tumble on U.S. mad cow case
Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:05 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. live cattle futures tumbled more than 2 percent on Tuesday for their biggest drop in seven months, hit by rumors of a new, domestic case of mad cow disease that later received government confirmation. Funds liquidated their long positions amid fears that importers of U.S. beef will shut their doors just like they did in 2003, when the United States discovered its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the fourth U.S. case of mad cow disease had been found in a dairy cow in central California. ... Full Story | Top |
Factbox: Mad cow cases in U.S. and Canada
Tue,24 Apr 2012 02:52 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The following are key dates in the spread of mad cow disease in Canada and the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Tuesday the fourth U.S. case of mad cow, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in a dairy cow in central California. First discovered in Great Britain in 1986, mad cow disease destroys the brain of cattle and a similar fatal disease can affect people who eat meat from infected cattle, according to scientists. More than 150 people and 184,000 cows, mainly in Britain and Europe, have died from the diseases. ... Full Story | Top |
Instant View: Mad cow disease found in California
Tue,24 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the nation's fourth, in a dairy cow in California. The USDA has begun to notify the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as well as its trading partners, but the finding should not affect U.S. beef exports, said John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer. COMMENTS: US Meat Export Federation spokesman Joe Schuele: Said they were told that U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Botox ingredient has limited effect on headaches
Tue,24 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The main ingredient in Botox may be modestly helpful for people with chronic migraines, a new report suggests -- but it doesn't seem to offer much relief for those who have less-frequent headaches. Patients who started out having headaches almost every day reported two fewer headaches per month when they were given injections of botulinum toxin A. But they also had more side effects, including weak muscles and stiff necks. The medication is marketed under multiple brands, but Allergan's Botox is the best known. ...
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U.S. cholesterol rate falls, study shows
Tue,24 Apr 2012 01:55 PM PDT
Reuters -  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults have high cholesterol, a federal agency said on Tuesday, possibly reflecting better diet, more exercise and the increased use of prescription drugs to lower the risk of heart attacks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey in 2009 and 2010 revealed a 27 percent decline over 10 years in the percentage of adults with high cholesterol, a major risk factor for heart disease that is the leading cause of death in the United States. A similar survey conducted in 1999 and 2000 showed that 18. ...
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JBS confident US beef exports will not be hurt
Tue,24 Apr 2012 01:38 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - JBS USA, a unit of the world's biggest beef producer JBS, said on Tuesday the company was confident that U.S. beef exports -- which surged to a record high last year -- would not be affected by the latest case of mad cow disease in the United States. Chandler Keys, a spokesman for JBS USA, a unit of Brazil's JBS, told Reuters he was also believed that the discovery of a fourth case of the disease will not set back Japan's intention to relax rules on importing U.S. beef. (Reporting by K.T. Arasu) Full Story | Top |
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