3rd Case of Mad Cow Disease in Japan

BSE! Mad cow disease has struck Asia too! The continent so far had been spared the disease outbreak ravaging Europe. However, recent reports from Japan give definitive evidence for the presence of BSE. The third definitively positive case of BSE from Japan has been confirmed.

The results were recently announced by Japan's Health Ministry. A Holstein cow slaughtered on a farm near Tokyo was found to be positive for mad cow disease. The test was repeated twice.

Japan has now officially banned the use of meat and bone meal as cattle feed. Intensive efforts are on to extensively screen slaughtered beef before they are herded off to the market. The third case of BSE has been detected barely less than ten days since the second case of BSE was detected in the northernmost island of Hokkaido.