Atypical BSE cases detected in Brazil.

NCBA is encouraging USDA to examine Brazil and to continue implementing science-based safeguards "that ensure all imported beef meets the same rigorous science-based food safety and animal health standards as American beef". Over the weekend, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply confirmed that two atypical cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)had been discovered at two separate meat plants. [Extracted from the article]