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Consumers worldwide benefit from more than 10 years of aggressive, coordinated government and industry efforts that have kept the U.S. cattle herd free of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease, according to the NCBA. "While the European Union suffers through crippling consumer concerns and behind-the-curve government efforts to deal with the current European mad cow disease scare, no cases of BSE have been found in the United States," said NCBA CEO Charles Schroeder. "And we believe our continued prevention efforts resulted in the October scientific report by the U.S. based Council for Agricultural Science and Technology that found a very low risk for U.S. occurrence of BSE. "In today's global marketplace, producers and consumers worldwide have an interest in a safe global beef supply and confidence among world consumers," said Schroeder. "We stand willing to offer any assistance to help Europe eradicate this disease and restore consumer confidence. The United States has had great success in preventing and eradicating animal diseases and our scientific-based systems could prove useful to EU government officials and beef producers." |
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