Yikes! I was reading in the newsletter put out by the OCA that there is a Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease- you know... the one that is the human version of mad cow disease?
There is a new blood test that tests for this. It is estimated that one in every 4,000 people in the US is carrying this dormant vCJD! The scary thing is that it can lie dormant in our blood stream for years and could just "turn on" one day.
There is no cure, no treatment. If it "turns on" you are done.
Beef that has been always raised on pasture has no chance of carrying this disease to pass it on to the consumer. Be safe. Be careful. Protect yourself and your family.
The more pasture beef is in demand, the more it will be supplied and I know the ranchers need our support.
It's so scary. And the thing that makes me really mad? This is a disease that would never need to be an issue if Humans hadn't started feeding animals things they should never be eating in the first place. I wonder what ever possessed the first person to feed calves ground up bits of slaughtered cows!
I agree. That and a huge dose of common sense! I talked to my husband about this. I am very concerned but for the past 5 months we have not even been making ends meet, so we aren't exactly in a position to be reaching for the more expensive foods. And either way you swing it, if you don't have meat in your diet you need to replace that with some other protein and this past summer, food was darn expensive!
I plan on transitioning the family to a more organic and earth-healthy diet these next couple months as finances are getting more stable.
Variant Mad Cow Disease!
Posted - Nov 07 2008 : 08:30:27 AM
