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12/30/2003
Information On BSE Dear Customer: The recent discovery of a milking cow
in Washington state with BSE or “Mad Cow Disease” has many of our customers
wondering if there is any associated risk of exposure to our pets and if
there are any precautionary measures that should or can be taken? Before we
examine relevant risks we need to look at the facts as we know them. 1.
There is no record of canines contracting the
disease from infected foods. 2.
FarMore does
not use any parts of the animal that are known to, or may be at risk
to harbor the prion, the infectious agent that causes the disease, i.e.,
spleen, brain, eyes and spinal cord. 3.
FarMore uses only Beef from USDA inspected
facilities in the Midwest. 4.
The Canadian Mad Cow crisis has forced the USDA
(United States Department of Agriculture), CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection
Agency), FSIS (Food Safety Inspection Service) the FDA and other agencies, to
take additional pre-emptive safety measures. These steps have substantially
lowered the risk of contamination in the human food chain, which is the meat
source for our FarMore products. 5.
The animal found in Washington was a dairy cow
(not a meat source for FarMore) and could, like the Canadian case, be an
isolated one. 6.
The infectious agent has never been found in any
meat components used in the manufacture of FarMore, mainly muscle tissue. 7.
There are no cases of Buffalo being infected with BSE. |
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