Ireland suspends beef exports to China after atypical BSE case confirmed
There are no public health risks associated with this case.
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There are no public health risks associated with this case.
A case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Aberdeenshire
BSE caused an agricultural crisis in the 1990s, but cases now are relatively rare.
The animal’s carcass will be incinerated.
Where does BSE come from? Is there any risk to humans? Why is this case generating such attention? And what’s the possible damage to business?
Test confirmed the recent case, the Department of Agriculture said today.
Everyone was talking about mad cows, free trade and tattooed workers.
A fresh case of BSE emerged in Co Louth yesterday.
The agriculture minister has confirmed that Ireland’s international beef status will most likely be downgraded after the discovery of a cow with BSE on a farm in Louth.
If it’s confirmed, it will be the first case of BSE found in Ireland since 2013.
The strain of the disease is different to the one found during the British 1990s epidemic.
The funeral of Jonathan Simms, 26, will take place in Belfast today. He was one of the longest surviving victims of variant CJD, the human form of mad cow disease.