World body says Canadian beef poses ‘negligible risk’ for mad cow disease

To The Haldimand Press

The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO), together with its 19,000 members, are breathing a major sigh of relief in response to the significant change of Canada’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) risk status from controlled to negligible-risk status. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) made the announcement last week during the virtual 88th Annual General Session of the World Assembly of National Delegates to the OIE.