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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Washington State: Information and Updates

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U.S./Japan Technical BSE Working Group Concludes Series of Meetings in Tokyo (07/22/04)
-- Final report (.PDF | requires Adobe Acrobat Reader; 07/22/04)
USDA Officials Hold Technical Briefing To Discuss Recent Draft Report on BSE Surveillance Program (07/13/04)
USDA and HHS Strengthen Safeguards Against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (07/09/04)
Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford For The Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (07/02/04)
Statement By Dr. Peter Fernandez Of The Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service For The U.S. BSE Technical Working Group (06/30/04)
Inconclusive Screening Test Sample Reported on June 25 Tests Negative for BSE Upon Confirmatory Testing -- Transcript -- Audio (06/30/04)
Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford For The Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (06/29/04)
Statement By Deputy Administrator Dr. John Clifford for The Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (Transcript; 06/25/04)
Press Statement by Dr. Peter Fernandez Chairman, US BSE Technical Working Group Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA (05/18/04)
United States and Japan To Hold First BSE Technical Working Group Meeting (5/12/04)
USDA Announces Framework and Funding for National Animal ID System (04/27/04)
U.S. Officials Hold Third Consultation With Japan on BSE (04/24/04)
-- Transcript: Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services J.B. Penn’s Discussion Regarding Japan With the Press, Washington D.C. (04/26/04)
Statement by Agriculture Secretary Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Zoellick Regarding Beef Trade With Japan (04/01/04)
Veneman Announces Expanded BSE Surveillance Program | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Plan (.pdf) (03/15/04)
Technical Briefing Transcript (03/15/04)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Plan (03/15/04)
Beef Trade Resumes with Mexico (03/03/04)
USDA Technical Briefing on BSE and Avian Influenza (02/23/04)
Report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases: Measures Relating to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the United States (DOC) (02/23/04)
Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases 2004-2005 Committee Members (DOC) (02/23/04)
USDA BSE Update (02/09/04)
USDA Technical Briefing Webcast noon. EST, 02/09/04 - Transcript
USDA BSE Update (02/06/04)
USDA BSE Update (02/05/04)
USDA BSE Update (02/04/04)
USDA BSE Update (02/02/04)
USDA BSE Update (02/03/04)
International Review Subcommittee Report (PDF)
President's FY 2005 Budget to Include Increased Funding for BSE Related Activities (01/29/04)
Secretary Veneman Testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee on BSE (01/27/04)
Press Briefing on BSE by Dr. J.B. Penn, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, at the Japanese Embassy (01/23/04)
Press Briefing in Japan on BSE by Dr. J.B. Penn, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (01/22/04)
Secretary Veneman Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee on BSE (01/21/04)
U.S. meat and livestock imports/exports by country—annual and year-to-date
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Guidance for Exporters | BSE Trade Ban Status (APHIS)
BSE Chronology | More BSE Information

Last modified: Friday, July 23, 2004