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"Mad Cow' disease found in Brazilian beef

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#1 ·
Brazil Suspends Beef Exports to China After Finding Mad-Cow Disease - WSJ

SÃO PAULO—Brazil, the world’s largest beef exporter, halted shipments of meat to China after confirming a case of mad-cow disease, raising concerns among farmers over a drawn-out beef ban from the country’s biggest trading partner.
Brazil’s agricultural ministry said late Wednesday it had notified the World Organization for Animal Health and sent samples for testing in Canada after detecting a case of the disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, at a small farm in the Amazonian state of Pará.

more at linked article.
 
#9 ·
This is why I never buy that 5 or 7 country beef at the store. You know could be from US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil....

My question is were they feeding cows and chickens to cows as in England? Or is it "Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas of North America" on the move south.
 
#18 ·
Yes, I don't believe they have ever identified mad cow prions in bovine muscle..
Won't matter if it All (spinal cord / brain, etc) gets ground up with muscle in 'mechanically separate / recovered' meat products (ground / sausage, etc) o_O

The only 'Documentary' that has ever truly freaked me Out - was the PBS / Nova one, way back, on BSE / CJD, there.. Absolutely Terrifying, cuz ya can't "kill" something that's Not Living... o_O

Can't Find the NOVA-one I saw, but this BBC one is pretty Yeesh, as well...


There's also This (possible compounding issue..) COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease (scivisionpub.com) :unsure:

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#30 ·
Ugh, I bought some corned beef after many years hiatus. I still don't like it but can tolerate hash and an occasional sandwich. It is a product of Brazil.

The thing with prions, it is supposedly an organic protein but not destroyed with heat or decay. How is it that stomach acids do not obliterate it and it can take years to affect a person? None of these questions have ever been answered well in any of my research. Things written like " a protein that triggers malformation". A protein is normally affected by heat, acid and decay. I really wonder.

Anyhoo, another example of our world wide economy biting us. Locally grown, two year old plus beef is a very good idea.
 
#33 ·
The thing with prions, it is supposedly an organic protein but not destroyed with heat or decay. How is it that stomach acids do not obliterate it and it can take years to affect a person? None of these questions have ever been answered well in any of my research. Things written like " a protein that triggers malformation". A protein is normally affected by heat, acid and decay. I really wonder.
You're not the only one puzzled. Prions contradict everything we thought we knew about disease, life, death, and reproduction. The things are fascinating. And dangerous.
 
#32 ·
I think when mad cow was first recognized in Britain was indeed the only time much testing was done. At some point, they also analyzed the genetics of those affected, and I believe they identified a gene where one variant resulted in onset of symptoms relatively quickly, within a year or so, but with another variant it could be 1 to 2 decades or longer.

No one thinks CJD when looking at dementia in other times and places, and with such a variable lag time and an international food supply, pinning down a source can be difficult.