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Following the first American case of the disease two months ago, an International Review Subcommittee (IRS) appointed by the U.S. secretary of agriculture issued a report expressing concerns that current regulations in place do not fully protect U.S. beef consumers. Swiss researcher Dr. Ulrich Kihm, who co-chaired IRS, has said that there could be up to one case of mad cow disease per month...
...slaughterhouses are willing to test cattle before slaughter [Jan. 12]. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization encourages the testing of all slaughter cattle for mad-cow disease, but since this is a U.N. agency, I guess the U.S. won't consider its advice. Markus G. Schriber Geneva Canadian beef consumption went up after Canada's single reported case of mad-cow disease last May. We rallied around an industry that we knew was being devastated by paranoia. Unlike Americans, whose media have institutionalized the use of fear, and the Japanese, who used the bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy incident to make...
Some diners are also drawn to game meats for the health benefits. Game is nature's Lean Cuisine: it's often lower in fat and cholesterol than traditional choices. Concerns about mad-cow disease and antibiotics in beef are also causing health-conscious diners to explore game. The ethical code of the National Bison Association precludes feed with animal by-products or antibiotics...
...people interested in eating game meat," says Geoff Latham, president of Nicky USA, a game distributor in Portland, Ore. "Our sales have grown from approximately $250,000 in 1990 to at least $3.5 million last year." That's far less than the $210 billion in sales of the U.S. beef industry, but the numbers are rising. D'Artagnan, another game source, has seen its sales of farmed rabbit leap almost 20% over the past few years...
...Canadian beef consumption went up after Canada's single reported case of mad-cow disease last May. We rallied around an industry that we knew was being devastated by paranoia. Unlike Americans, whose media have institutionalized the use of fear, and the Japanese, who used the BSE incident to make a political statement, Canadians looked first at the practical risks. Beef isn't dangerous. This is a matter of faith as well as common sense. JESSE HEFFRING Montreal...