The US livestock industry is on alert after a diagnosis of ovine spongiform encephalopathy disease (BSE) in California on 23 April.

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said of the BSE case: “The beef and dairy in the American food supply is safe and USDA remains confident in the health of US cattle. The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly, and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human health. USDA has no reason to believe that any other US animals are currently affected, but we will remain vigilant and committed to the safeguards in place.”

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