Mad cow disease

There is a new case of mad cow disease in california today.  Should we be concerned about beef flavored cat food?

No. They found one cow with a rare form of it, and that cow was never in the food supply chain.

Good to know! I will keep a look out for anymore information about it.

Susan Thixton has some disturbing information on this subject. The article is dated

1-12-2011

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/mad-cow-disease-materials-still-allowed-in-pet-food.html

Another article from a different source

http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/madcowdisease.htm

Violet said:

Susan Thixton has some disturbing information on this subject. The article is dated
1-12-2011
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/mad-cow-disease-materials-still-allowed-in-pet-food.html
 
Another article from a different source
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/madcowdisease.htm

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Thank you, Violet. This is a concern to me. I just saw the news tonight.

speakhandsforme said:

No. They found one cow with a rare form of it, and that cow was never in the food supply chain.

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Well, I just saw the news report about it. Only one report so I can't honestly speculate. BUt they did say there IS a concern that some of the "relatives" have been slaughtered and the meat from those cows has already been distributed Apparently they are slaughtering all close relatives to this cow and all offspring. Pretty scary to me. Will be watching the news again later to see if that story was overly dramatic.

Depending what you call "food supply chain". The cow was in a rendering facility - we all know what is produced in rendering facilities.....
In the TV news yesterday, what I heard was that that specific one soap, cleaning agents......... and pet food :dash:

USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford said Tuesday afternoon that the cow did not enter the human food chain and that all U.S. meat and dairy supplies are safe.

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Baker Commodities processes animal byproducts, including dead cattle, to make commercial commodities. According to the company's website, these products include "high-protein ingredients for poultry feed and pet food, and tallow, a valuable ingredient in soaps, paints, cosmetics, and more." While a diseased animal could have been processed without being tested, it's unclear if an infected cow would have been rendered for feed or pet food at the facility.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...ly-selected-for-testing-at-rendering-facility

What the nation feeds their livestock will affect us and our animals. What is that old saying? There is no honor between horse thieves.

They will do what they have always done and can get aways with

Thanks for the information.  I also worry that pet food makers might use diseased animals in cat food.   I wonder if there is any pet food brand that uses human grade beef...  

The raw frozen commercial foods are human grade meats. Weruva says its products are human grade (but it's a claim that's not regulated) - I don't think they have any beef flavors though. :dk:

I specifically heard that the cow that was afflicted had been originally destined for pet food. I don't feed much beef to my cats anyhow but now I'm going to read the labels a lot more closely. 

Honestly who wants mad cow in anything- especially not for us or our pets to eat, but also cleaning products? What is clean about mad cow!

LDG said:

The raw frozen commercial foods are human grade meats. Weruva says its products are human grade (but it's a claim that's not regulated) - I don't think they have any beef flavors though. :dk:

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They do make Weruva Steak Frites - shredded beef. BUT it is human grade beef. :nod: