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Food Safety Links - BSE and CJD Resources
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Government Sites
bullet AgNews BSE Updates 
  USDA/Office of Communications   
bullet Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) BSE page 
  USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  Food Safety Research Information Office   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  United Kingdom - Scrapie and Related Diseases Advisory Service (U.K.)     Written by Richard H. Kimberlin.
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  World Health Organization     Fact Sheet N 113:
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - "Mad Cow Disease" 
  FoodSafety.gov   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Homepage 
  United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs (U.K.)   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (Mad Cow Disease) 
  U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) page 
  Food and Drug Administration   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Response Plan Summary [PDF]
  USDA/APHIS/ and USDA/FSIS   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Great Britain: A Progress Report [PDF]
  United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs (U.K.)   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Chronic Wasting Disease 
  Animal Welfare Information Center   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephlopathy (BSE) and Other Animal Related Transmissible Spongiform Encehpalopathies 
  USDA/NAL/AWIC   
bullet BSE 
  United Kingdom - Food Standards Agency (U.K.)   
bullet BSE and CJD Information and Resources 
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   
bullet BSE Controls Review 
  Food Standards Agency (U.K.)     Includes rolling news feed of BSE articles collected every 15 minutes from around the world.
bullet BSE Disease Investigation In Western Canada 
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Canada)   
bullet BSE Information and Resources 
  U.S. Department of Agriculture   
bullet BSE Inquiry Report 
  Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (U.K.)   
bullet BSE/Scrapie 
  European Commission   
bullet Center for Veterinary Medicine BSE Page 
  FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine   
bullet Certifying the BSE-free Status of Beef and Beef Products 
  Food Standards Australia New Zealand (Australia & New Zealand)   
bullet Consumer Briefing on BSE/TSE 
  Food and Drug Administration   
bullet Consumer Questions and Answers about BSE 
  FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition   
bullet Disease Information: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency/Animal Health and Production Division (Canada)   
bullet Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) BSE page 
  USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service   
bullet Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) BSE Information Page 
  USDA Foreign Agricultural Service   
bullet Información Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina 
  Spanish government BSE web site (Spain)   
bullet Joint WHO/FAO/OIE Technical Consultation on BSE: Public Health, Animal Health and Trade 
  WHO, FAO, and OIE   
bullet Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scientific and Regulatory Issues, 1997 
  Congressional Research Service   
bullet Mad Cow Disease: Improvements in the Animal Feed Ban and Other Regulatory Areas Would Strengthen U.S. Prevention Efforts, 2002 
  General Accounting Office   
bullet Manual on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization     Written by John W. Willesmith.
bullet National Animal Disease Center 
  USDA/ARS   
bullet Newsroom: Background Data for BSE Coverage 
  USDA/ERS   
bullet Number of BSE Cases Reported Worldwide 
  Office International Des Epizooties   
bullet Number of Reported Cases of BSE Worldwide - Excluding the United Kingdom 
  World Organization for Animal Health   
bullet President’s FY 2005 Budget to Include Increased Funding for BSE Related Activities 
  USDA   
bullet Report on Actions Taken by Canada in Response to the Confirmation of an Indigenous Case of BSE 
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Canada)   
bullet Risk Assessment on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Cattle in Canada [PDF]
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Canada)   
bullet Risk Reduction Strategies for Potential BSE Pathways Involving Downer Cattle and Dead Stock of Cattle and Other Species 
  USDA/APHIS     Federal Register
bullet Scientific Steering Committee 
  European Commission     Opinions, Reports, and Minutes
bullet The BSE Sub-committee 
  Food Safety Authority of Ireland (Ireland)   
bullet Understanding the BSE Threat, 2002 [PDF]
  World Health Organization   
bullet USDA BSE Update 
  USDA   
bullet USDA Issues Proposed Rule To Allow Live Animal Imports From Canada: Releases Risk Assessment by Harvard Center for Risk Analysis 
  USDA   
bullet WHO Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies page 
  World Health Organization   

*Non-Government Sites
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
  Penn State University, Center for Animal Health and Productivity   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 
  European Food Information Council   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in Humans 
  Institute of Food Science and Technology (U.K.)   
bullet Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 
  Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy   
bullet BSE Information at UIUC 
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   
bullet BSE Summary and Fact Sheet 
  University of Guelph Food Safety Network (Canada)   
bullet BSEinfo.Org 
  National Cattlemen's Beef Association   
bullet BSE-L 
bullet Canada Pushes Through New BSE Controls 
  Food Navigator   
bullet CAST Publications 
  Council for Agricultural Science and Technology     
  • Food Safety, Sufficiency and Security 1998
  • Foodborne Pathogens: Review of Recommendations, 1998
  • Foodborne Pathogens: Risks and Consequences, 1994
  • Intervention Strategies for the Microbiological Safety of Foods of Animal Origin, 2004
  • Mycotoxins: Risks in Plant, Animal, and Human Systems, 2003
  • Naturally Occurring Antimicrobials in Food, 1998
  • Radiation Pasteurization of Food - 1996
  • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, 2000
  • Waste Management and Utilization in Food Production and Processing, 1995
  • bullet Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance 
    bullet Evaluation of the Potentional for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the United States [PDF]
      Harvard Center for Risk Analysis     Revised October, 2003
    bullet Fact Sheet: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy [PDF]
      American Meat Institute   
    bullet Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues 
      National Council for Science and the Environment     from Congressional Research Service Report, March 12, 2001
    bullet USDA Plans Automated Animal ID System to Speed Response to Outbreaks 
      Government Computer News   
    bullet USDA Probes Source of Feed to Infected Cow 
      Reuters   

    Real-Time Database Search
    bullet Search for articles in PubMed
    bullet Search for articles in AGRICOLA

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