Suggested Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday (June...

Suggested Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday (June 24) it received final test results confirming a sample from an animal blocked from the food supply in November 2004 has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE.

U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Philip M. Seng assures international consumers U.S. beef is safe and U.S. surveillance efforts and safety measures such as specified risk material removal and feed ban are effective.

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Seng points out the animal never entered the human food or animal feed supply and it poses no risk to consumers in the United States or abroad…

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The confirmed test results should not impact negotiations with closed markets or markets currently open to U.S. beef…

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The U.S. Meat Export Federation is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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