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Show News WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2004 Frequently asked questions about BSE (mad cow) Q. What is the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food dding to protect Utahs beef supply? A.' Utah does not have BSE and never has. The meat from the infected cow that went into the food system did not contain any ofthe contaminated material from the Washington cow.State Veterinarian, Dr. Mike Marshall says, The risk to human health is extremely low, considering that no Specific Risk Material" such asl head, brain or spinal cord tissue from the Washington cow made it into the food system." Every beef or dairy cow that is slaughtered for human consumption or other reasons in Utah is inspected for a variety of animal diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease. Diseased animals are removed from the system and tested. Q. If BSE is found only in the brain and spinal cord does that mean you need to eat the brain or spinal cord to become sick, or does the BSE leak into other p$rts of the cow during the butchering and packing process. Aj The infected material... brain, spinal cord, distal ileum, etc. is removed prior to processing for human consumption. The remaining muscle meat is considered to pose an extremely low health risk to humans since it is highly unlikely to contain any infected matter. In order for a human, or cow, to contract BSE, the persons genetic makeup must, unfortunately, be to catch the infected prion found in the contaminated material. And a certain dose of the prion must be administered. Therefore a person must first have the genetic make up and consume brain or central nervous system matter to have a chance of becoming sick. The USDA and the UDAF spend billions of dollars each year to make sure that contaminated matter does not reach consumers. Q. How is the disease transmit; ted from cow to cow? A. It is not transmitted like a contagious disease. It is not abac tenia, or a virus. A cow must consume feed that contains brain or central nervous system material. It has been illegal to feed ruminant material to ruminant animals since August of 1997. The ccwfound inWashington was bom in April of 1997, four months prior to the feed ban. pre-configur- ed (435)644-260- 6 (435)689-048- 2 ERA Utah Properties K 30 East Center Street Kanab.UT 84741 johndkanab.net v' Utah educational savings plan offers easy way to save for college The Utah Educational Savings Plan, created to help families save money for college, allows tomorrows students access to the education they will need without undue reliance on government loans or financial aid. Every child in this state should have the opportunity for higher education, says Governor Olene Walker. 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