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Chinese authorities suspended the exports in November after Irish veterinary officials discovered a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
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Sylvia Hui, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
Since mad cow disease was first seen in 1995, more than 140 people worldwide have died from vCJD as the result of consuming contaminated beef.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
In December 2003, a McDonald’s supplier was found to have an incident of mad cow disease, sending the stock momentarily plunging.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
These include mad cow disease, which affects mostly cattle, scrapie, which affects sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which kills about 350 Americans a year ‒ most within months of their first symptom.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
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Sylvia Hui, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
Since mad cow disease was first seen in 1995, more than 140 people worldwide have died from vCJD as the result of consuming contaminated beef.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
In December 2003, a McDonald’s supplier was found to have an incident of mad cow disease, sending the stock momentarily plunging.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
These include mad cow disease, which affects mostly cattle, scrapie, which affects sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which kills about 350 Americans a year ‒ most within months of their first symptom.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
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