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Canada’s agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz, has stressed in his recent remarks that there is no need for Canadians to be worried about the country’s latest confirmed case of mad cow disease. According to an announcement by The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday, it found a beef cow from Alberta to have tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The agency confirmed that no meat from the animal entered Canada’s food or animal feed systems.
Ritz revealed that an investigation is already underway to determine how the animal contracted the disease and there is no danger to Canada’s beef industry. Upon inquiry by reporters on Friday if the case posed a risk to meat that Canadians consume, Ritz stressed “no, not at all, not at all.” Ritz highlighted that Canada’s testing and reporting system follows very strict international protocols and conducting such frequent testing means that “you’re going to find things.”
Furthermore, Ritz pointed out that Canada’s cattle industry is at controlled risk status, which means it can have up to 12 BSE outbreaks in a calendar year and “we’ve stayed well below that.” He added that this is Canada’s first case since 2011. In addition to that, Ritz explained that the animal under investigation was still at an Alberta farm when provincial testing detected BSE and the CFIA was immediately notified. Director and CEO of Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), Andrew Potter, alleged that the investigation into what led to the case of BSE will include the animal’s history and the type of feed it was given.
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