Health

Canada Warns That Mad Cow Measures Could Backfire

Reuters News Service | By Gilbert Le Gras | June 25, 2003 OTTAWA - Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief warned export markets yesterday that unnecessary restrictions on Canadian beef arising from fears of mad cow disease could backfire on those countries in terms of general trade.

Nunavut Meat Exporters Rail against U.S. Cow Ban

CBC News | May 26, 2003 CAMBRIDGE BAY, NUNAVUT - The government of Nunavut is lobbying for its muskox and caribou meat to be exempt from the U.S. import ban on Canadian meat. The territory's department of sustainable development says the ban is unfair. It was put in place after a cow in Alberta tested positive for mad cow disease.

Mad Cow Madness

THE FINAL WORD | By Alan Guebert | May 23, 2003 1.) Mad cow madness What many claimed could never happen in North America happened Tuesday when Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief confirmed mad cow disease had been discovered in an eight-year-old cow from a farm in northwestern Alberta.

Mad Cow Quarantine Expands

C B C . C A N e w s | May 24, 2003 OTTAWA-- Three more farms in Alberta were quarantined Saturday as investigators widened their search for the cause of one case of mad cow disease in the province. Sixteen farms are now under quarantine including 11 in Alberta, two in Saskatchewan and three in B.C.