Many times, over the years we commented that the impact of Britain's epidemic of Mad Cow - vCJD on the rest of the world had been badly under-reported in Britain.
It was played down at home, but made a much bigger impact than most Brits realised abroad.
Apparently a NPR (National Public Radio) report is now "trending" in the USA.
Britain still suffers from a total lack of integrity in Defra, originally the agricultural ministry Maff. Their appalling behaviour in the past comes back to haunt us years later in the USA.
The Phillips Enquiry, reporting just after FMD 2001, despite censuring some politicians, hardly inspired confidence. The government veterinarians had amnesia when testifying. They were not under oath.
The whitewash may well be coming back to haunt Britain's veterinary establishment. Animal feed and, this time the antibiotics added and under what authority, is coming to the fore again in the superbug crisis.
Here is Texas, be sure to read the whole article, here.
Mad Cow Disease In Texas Man Has Mysterious Origin
Thursday, April 16, 2015Michaeleen Doucleff / NPR
...How did a rare disease linked to contaminated beef in the U.K. more
than a decade ago get to a Texas man?...
... And from 1980 to 1996, the U.K. continued to export contaminated
beef around the world. More than 200 people in 12 countries died from
mad cow disease...
... And the U.S. didn't import contaminated beef from the U.K...
