Is it possible for british or irish beef to still contain mad cow disease?

Question

Is it possible for british or irish beef to still contain mad cow disease?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible for British/Irish beef to still contain "Mad Cow".  This is a disease involving the central nervous sysytem.  Viral "spears" form and penetrate nerve membranes.  They slowly degrade nervous function.  It is a variant of the Krutchfeld-Jacobs disease that affects people.  This variant has survived autoclave temperatures in hospitals of 800 degrees.  Cooking will not destroy it.  Consuming nervous tissue is how it is passed.  There are nerves throughout the body.  Caution is recomended.

Answer 2

YES , and it still does

Answer 3

There's more chance of being run over crossing the road leaving the butcher's the beef was purchased from.

If british/irish beef was that much of a health risk, it wouldn't be sold.

Answer 4

More likely it will contain another genetic time bomb. Since the genetic bomb was dropped in texas (allegedly ) that should the most dangerous beef. The symptoms will start in the left arm. This is not related to mad cow.

Answer 5

BSE or Mad Cow Disease is present in all the European national herds. It is widely suspected that the BSE figure for mainland Europe is very much higher than the official figures released, this is party due to the unwillingness of individual farmers to report suspected cases, but mostly due to individual national governments unwillingness to state the true number of BSE cases for fear of risking EU travel bans on meat exports (France being the main culprit).

Oddly, both the counties you have sighted in your question have some of the strictest rules and enforcement procurers to combat BSE in their national herds than any other EU country. Reported case of BSE in Britain and Ireland do indeed appear high on paper, however, this mainly due to the compliances of individual farmers and vets to officially report cases of BSE. The long term incentive behind the British and Irish governments’ willingness to record and publish accurate data on BSE infected cattle is in order to determine when each country has successfully eradicated BSE from their respective herds in the future with certainty.

Answer 6

yeah, but once its cooked i bet its fine

Answer 7

Yes it is possible.  Also beef from any other part of the world.  Japan has more mad cow disease than the US yet they still ban US beef and eat their own.  Much of these bans are "non-tarriff trade barriers"