BSE - 'Mad Cow Disease'

**Meini Again** · October 19th, 2018, 04:29 AM

Only one case discovered in Aberdeenshire County, Scotland.
A region previously exempted from controls and exported with a
"negligible risk" status is now ended.

Whilst BSE made a brief media splash in the UK... it has suddenly become a 'dead story' in MSM.

However..... my local Supermarket, whilst small, today, had empty shelves for yards. I thought they were cleaning.
Friends who had gone to nearer larger towns / cities said ASDA and Tesco each had empty expanses amongst the fresh meat counters.
Good old FaceAche... I'd just asked why my local Supermarket had empty shelves?

We all thought it was a communally agreed spring cleaning.

There you go.... Trusting or what?

A late entry from someone I don't know, said that they are removing every Beef product of fresh meat - frozen was OK - and he said it was a Directive from 'a Govt department, an advisory not an order.

MSM silence is now deafening.

As long as blues' fans don't buy Beefburgers at Stoke this weekend - I'm ok

**haroldeye** · October 19th, 2018, 05:52 AM

We should be more like the French who called it JCB disease because their chosen method of dealing with it was to bury the afflicted animal.

**scoundrel** · October 19th, 2018, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

We should be more like the French who called it JCB disease because their chosen method of dealing with it was to bury the afflicted animal.

Hopefully they kill it first.

**scoundrel** · October 19th, 2018, 06:17 AM

The last British case prior to this Aberdeenshire incident was in Wales in 2015. Apparently there have been a few isolated BSE cases in cattle in France and some other EU countries, but only a very few and spread over the fifteen years since the original BSE epidemic died down. The question I would ask is why there are any, if contaminated feed is really what causes it. Who today is still rendering the remains of dead cows into animal feed?

**Meini Again** · October 19th, 2018, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by scoundrel

Hopefully they kill it first.

Yep.

In the BSE outbreak in the 1990s

4.5 Million Cattle .... were slaughtered across the UK.

Is that enough Scounds ?

My point was.... the sudden death on MSM of ONE BSE outbreak
- and the removal of fresh Beef from supermarket shelves.
Hundreds of miles away from the ONE case, but not from distributors of fresh Beef.

With Brexit looming, the UK doesn't need this negative publicity.

**scoundrel** · October 19th, 2018, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meini Again

Yep.

In the BSE outbreak in the 1990s

4.5 Million Cattle .... were slaughtered across the UK.

Is that enough Scounds ?

My point was.... the sudden death on MSM of ONE BSE outbreak
- and the removal of fresh Beef from supermarket shelves.
Hundreds of miles away from the ONE case, but not from distributors of fresh Beef.

With Brexit looming, the UK doesn't need this negative publicity.

Show me a cluster of cases and I will concede that strong action and an enquiry will be called for. But one case in more than three years since the last one isn't going to make me wee wee my underpants. The obvious steps have already been taken, but I would be extremely keen to find out how the unlucky cow got infected.

Other than that -

**steamjon** · October 25th, 2018, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by scoundrel

but I would be extremely keen to find out how the unlucky cow got infected.

Other than that -

Coming into close contact with Boris Johnson I guess

**Dr Pepper** · October 26th, 2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by steamjon

Coming into close contact with Boris Johnson I guess

Considering the location-more likely it picked something up from Nicola Sturgeon....

**Meini Again** · October 26th, 2018, 09:49 PM

As a Post Script/Update

Our local "withdrawn" Beef returned to our shelves.

A 3/4 days absence all-told. I feel a bit of a fool having created a mini-panic in my area of the UK ... the supermakets around here may sue me if they've suffered loss of income

... and...if they can find me

So, no outbreak, to confound Brexit talks... seems like just a recall/check from our hub distributors. All labelled as UK Sourced

At Ease....

**steamjon** · October 26th, 2018, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Considering the location-more likely it picked something up from Nicola Sturgeon....

That sounds fishy

October 19th, 2018, 04:29 AM	#1
Meini Again Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 3,637 Thanks: 32,358 Thanked 31,826 Times in 3,566 Posts	BSE - 'Mad Cow Disease' Only one case discovered in Aberdeenshire County, Scotland. A region previously exempted from controls and exported with a "negligible risk" status is now ended. Whilst BSE made a brief media splash in the UK... it has suddenly become a 'dead story' in MSM. However..... my local Supermarket, whilst small, today, had empty shelves for yards. I thought they were cleaning. Friends who had gone to nearer larger towns / cities said ASDA and Tesco each had empty expanses amongst the fresh meat counters. Good old FaceAche... I'd just asked why my local Supermarket had empty shelves? We all thought it was a communally agreed spring cleaning. There you go.... Trusting or what? A late entry from someone I don't know, said that they are removing every Beef product of fresh meat - frozen was OK - and he said it was a Directive from 'a Govt department, an advisory not an order. MSM silence is now deafening. As long as blues' fans don't buy Beefburgers at Stoke this weekend - I'm ok Last edited by Meini Again; October 19th, 2018 at 04:35 AM..

October 19th, 2018, 06:17 AM	#4
scoundrel Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 26,238 Thanks: 162,399 Thanked 278,496 Times in 26,183 Posts	The last British case prior to this Aberdeenshire incident was in Wales in 2015. Apparently there have been a few isolated BSE cases in cattle in France and some other EU countries, but only a very few and spread over the fifteen years since the original BSE epidemic died down. The question I would ask is why there are any, if contaminated feed is really what causes it. Who today is still rendering the remains of dead cows into animal feed? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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October 26th, 2018, 09:49 PM	#9
Meini Again Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 3,637 Thanks: 32,358 Thanked 31,826 Times in 3,566 Posts	As a Post Script/Update Our local "withdrawn" Beef returned to our shelves. A 3/4 days absence all-told. I feel a bit of a fool having created a mini-panic in my area of the UK ... the supermakets around here may sue me if they've suffered loss of income ... and...if they can find me So, no outbreak, to confound Brexit talks... seems like just a recall/check from our hub distributors. All labelled as UK Sourced At Ease....