General BSE information sources
Consumer safety from BSE
Government regulations
Other
General BSE information sources
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Background on government animal health measures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Scientific information about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Information about BSE, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and related regulations
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS): FSIS production and inspection safeguards against BSE
United Kingdom (U.K.) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): BSE information, statistics and news from the U.K.
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE): BSE information from the international authority on animal health
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center: Information about diagnosing prion diseases
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Consumer safety from BSE
CDC: Questions and answers about BSE and vCJD
National Institutes of Health (NIH): CJD and vCJD fact sheet resources
Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Food Issues: Source for the latest information on “mad cow disease”
FDA: General background, consumer information, blood safety and industry/veterinary information about BSE, CJD and vCJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation: Support group for CJD patients and their families
World Health Organization (WHO): Information about vCJD from the U.N. authority for public health
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Government regulations
USDA APHIS: BSE testing protocols
USDA APHIS: BSE surveillance
USDA FSIS: Specified risk materials (SRM) banned from human food
USDA FSIS: BSE firewalls
FDA Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): Substances prohibited from use in animal food or feed
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Other
The BSE Inquiry: The official U.K. government inquiry into the BSE epidemic
Beef – From Pasture to Plate: The beef production process
USMEF: U.S. beef, pork, lamb and veal trade information
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