USDA OIE BSE MRR [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041]

[flatfish]

TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS COMMISSION REPORT OCT 2006


CHAPTER 2.3.13.


BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY


Article 2.3.13.1.


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/oie/pdf_files/tahc-bse-75-oct06.pdf


[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041]
RIN 0579-AC01


Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions;
Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines


[Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1101-1129]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr09ja07-21]




http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-17.htm



EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR)
of the United States of America (USA)



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573.html



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/573.Par.0004.File.dat/sr03_biohaz02_usa_report_v2_en1.pdf




EFSA Scientific Report on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE-Risk (GBR)
of Canada




http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/564.html



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/tse_assessments/gbr_assessments/564.Par.0001.File.dat/sr02_biohaz02_canada_report_v2_en1.pdf




R-CALF USA v. USDA, et al., On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Montana, D.C. No. CV-05-00006-RFC - Brief of Appellant
December 26, 2006 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 94K)


see full text 60 pages ;


http://www.r-calfusa.com/BSE/MSJ%20App%20Merits%20Opening%20Brief.pdf




BSE MRR TSS, R-CALF ON CANADA VS USA




Bill
Rancher


Joined: 10 Feb 2005
Posts: 1418
Location: GWN
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

Texan wrote:


Hey Terry, I'd like to get a little further clarification on something
if/when you have time. I'm not sure if I'm reading you correctly....

flounder wrote:

This is what sank my battleship in regards to testifying for r-calf. they
actually appoached me about it, but i told them i would be glad to testify,
but i was not stopping at the Canadian border, my testimony was to come
south as well if given the opportunity. and that ended that, but i did
supply them with a load of data, for whatever that was worth.


I highlighted the parts that confuse me. This almost makes it seem as if
R-CALF was asking you to testify for them, but changed their mind when they
found out that you were going to tell the WHOLE truth, instead of just the
truth as regards Canadian imports.

I thought that R-CALF was only interested in the WHOLE truth - not just the
selected parts of the truth that fit their protectionist agenda? After
reading your post, it makes a person wonder. Maybe I read it wrong...

Am I reading this correctly, Terry? That can't be right, can it? Thanks.


I was wondering exactly the same thing Texan.


_________________
Canadian Beef....A cut above the rest!






my answer to big muddy from canada ;



***
http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15704&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=12




http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15704&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=24



http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15704&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=36



http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15704&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=48





THE USDA JUNE 2004 ENHANCED BSE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM WAS TERRIBLY FLAWED ;


CDC DR. PAUL BROWN TSE EXPERT COMMENTS 2006



Brown, who is preparing a scientific paper based on the latest two mad cow
cases to estimate the maximum number of infected cows that occurred in the
United States, said he has "absolutely no confidence in USDA tests before
one year ago" because of the agency's reluctance to retest the Texas cow
that initially tested positive.

USDA officials finally retested the cow and confirmed it was infected seven
months later, but only at the insistence of the agency's inspector general.

"Everything they did on the Texas cow makes everything USDA did before 2005
suspect," Brown said. ...snip...end


http://www.upi.com/





CDC - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt ...
Dr. Paul Brown is Senior Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Central
Nervous System ... Address for correspondence: Paul Brown, Building 36, Room
4A-05, ...


http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no1/brown.htm





O.I.E. .......... ??? GOD HELP US!


sample survey via oie for bse is about 400 test via 100 million cattle, if i
am not mistaken. MOST countries that went

by these OIE guidelines all eventually went down with BSE. ...TSS


http://www.oie.int/downld/SC/2005/bse_2005.pdf




a.. BSE OIE

see full text ;

http://p079.ezboard.com/fwolftracksproductionsfrm2.showMessage?topicID=470 .topic



http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf



http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0612&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=20678



http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0611&L=sanet-mg&T=0&I=-3&P=3381





Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf





Volume 12, Number 12–December 2006


PERSPECTIVE

On the Question of Sporadic

or Atypical Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy and

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Paul Brown,* Lisa M. McShane,† Gianluigi Zanusso,‡ and Linda Detwiler§



http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no12/06-0965.htm?s_cid=eid06_0965_e





3:00 Afternoon Refreshment Break, Poster and Exhibit Viewing in the Exhibit
Hall


3:30 Transmission of the Italian Atypical BSE (BASE) in Humanized Mouse

Models Qingzhong Kong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology, Case Western
Reserve
University

Bovine Amyloid Spongiform Encephalopathy (BASE) is an atypical BSE strain
discovered recently in Italy, and similar or different atypical BSE cases
were also reported in other countries. The infectivity and phenotypes of
these atypical BSE strains in humans are unknown. In collaboration with
Pierluigi Gambetti, as well as Maria Caramelli and her co-workers, we have
inoculated transgenic mice expressing human prion protein with brain
homogenates from BASE or BSE infected cattle. Our data shows that about half
of the BASE-inoculated mice became infected with an average incubation time
of about 19 months; in contrast, none of the BSE-inoculated mice appear to
be infected after more than 2 years. ***These results indicate that BASE is
transmissible to humans and suggest that BASE is more virulent than
classical BSE in humans.

6:30 Close of Day One


http://www.healthtech.com/2007/tse/day1.asp





SEE STEADY INCREASE IN SPORADIC CJD IN THE USA FROM
1997 TO 2006. SPORADIC CJD CASES TRIPLED, with phenotype
of 'UNKNOWN' strain growing. ...


http://www.cjdsurveillance.com/resources-casereport.html




There is a growing number of human CJD cases, and they were presented last
week in San Francisco by Luigi Gambatti(?) from his CJD surveillance
collection.

He estimates that it may be up to 14 or 15 persons which display selectively
SPRPSC and practically no detected RPRPSC proteins.


http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/06/transcripts/1006-4240t1.htm



http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/06/transcripts/2006-4240t1.pdf



FULL 130 LASHINGS TO USDA BY OIG again


http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf


http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0612&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=23557


TSS

[flatfish]

BSE, BASE, TSE, USA, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE


Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Ongoing Surveillance Plan
July 20, 2006

snip...

Breed-dependent differential susceptibility or incubation period has not been observed
with BSE,42 and there is little variability in the bovine PrP gene.23 The consistent
neuroanatomical lesion profile in the brains of cattle affected with BSE,36,39 and uniform
glycoform ratios of PrPres as determined by immunoblotting,21,28 suggest the existence of
a single strain of the BSE agent. However, a recently described atypical form of BSE,
termed bovine amyloidotic spongiform encephalopathy (BASE), has modified glycoform
patterns similar to sporadic CJD in humans, and may represent an alternative strain of
BSE agent.18

snip...


Sample Points and Numbers to Meet OIE Surveillance Standards
APHIS is committed to maintaining BSE surveillance that at least meets OIE guidelines.
The OIE BSE surveillance guidelines recommend a target number of surveillance points
for Type A surveillance based on the size of a country’s cattle population. These points
are accrued over 7 consecutive years, and are weighted according to the surveillance
stream and age of the animal sampled. For a large cattle population, using the design
prevalence of 1 case per 100,000 adult cattle and 95% confidence, 300,000 total points
over 7 years, or 42,857 points per year are required for Type A surveillance.2
The four surveillance streams identified in the OIE Code are clinical suspects; casualty
slaughter; fallen stock; and healthy slaughter. OIE guidelines recommend sampling from
at least three of the four surveillance streams. BSE surveillance efforts in the US have
always focused on the three surveillance streams where BSE is more likely to be found –
clinical suspects, casualty slaughter, and fallen stock. During the 7 consecutive years
prior to March 17, 2006, the United States collected 735,213 BSE samples from these
surveillance streams and accumulated 2,973,804 OIE points.9

snip...

please read full text ;


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse/downloads/BSE_ongoing_surv_plan_final_71406%20.pdf


BSE WORLD UPDATE

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/AC/06/slides/2006-4240S1_1_files/frame.htm


NOW, this DRAFT pdf is no long there, but thank God for the cache ;

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:6gegHkJ0kTMJ:www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse/content/printable_version/BSEprevalence-estimate4-26-06.pdf+USDA+BSE+TESTING+STATISTICS&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14


see summary of enhanced bse surveillance aphis 2006 THE SHORT VERSION ;-)

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nsu/outlook/issue11/outlook_jul06_bse_prevalence.pdf


OOOPS, where did it go ???

http://cryptome.org/aphis050306.htm


APHIS RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEW OF ESTIMATE OF BSE IN THE USA


http://www.fsc.go.jp/senmon/prion/p-dai38/prion38-sankousiryou4-1.pdf

http://www.fsc.go.jp/senmon/prion/p-dai38/prion38-sankousiryou4-2.pdf



SAMPLE SIZE FOR BSE PREVALENCE ESTIMATES

http://www.fsc.go.jp/senmon/prion/p-dai38/prion38-sankousiryou5-1.pdf

http://www.fsc.go.jp/senmon/prion/p-dai38/prion38-sankousiryou5-2.pdf



[Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 10, 130-137, May 2005]
Original Article
Comparison and Verification of BSE Surveillance in USA and Japan
Naoru KOIZUMI1, Hiroshi IGUCHI2 and Tony E. SMITH1
1Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of
Pennsylvania, USA
2Department of Hygiene, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ehpm/10/3/130/_pdf




HOWEVER, WE MUST NEVER forget what old paul brown of cdc said either ;-)


CDC DR. PAUL BROWN TSE EXPERT COMMENTS 2006

The U.S. Department of Agriculture was quick to assure the public earlier
this week that the third case of mad cow disease did not pose a risk to
them, but what federal officials have not acknowledged is that this latest
case indicates the deadly disease has been circulating in U.S. herds for at
least a decade.

The second case, which was detected last year in a Texas cow and which USDA
officials were reluctant to verify, was approximately 12 years old.

These two cases (the latest was detected in an Alabama cow) present a
picture of the disease having been here for 10 years or so, since it is
thought that cows usually contract the disease from contaminated feed they
consume as calves. The concern is that humans can contract a fatal,
incurable, brain-wasting illness from consuming beef products contaminated
with the mad cow pathogen.

"The fact the Texas cow showed up fairly clearly implied the existence of
other undetected cases," Dr. Paul Brown, former medical director of the
National Institutes of Health's Laboratory for Central Nervous System
Studies and an expert on mad cow-like diseases, told United Press
International. "The question was, 'How many?' and we still can't answer
that."

Brown, who is preparing a scientific paper based on the latest two mad cow
cases to estimate the maximum number of infected cows that occurred in the
United States, said he has "absolutely no confidence in USDA tests before
one year ago" because of the agency's reluctance to retest the Texas cow
that initially tested positive.

USDA officials finally retested the cow and confirmed it was infected seven
months later, but only at the insistence of the agency's inspector general.

"Everything they did on the Texas cow makes everything USDA did before 2005
suspect," Brown said. ...snip...end


http://www.upi.com/


AND NOT TO FORGET what the OIG has said time and time again over the years;


http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf



BSE WORLD UPDATE

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/AC/06/slides/2006-4240S1_1_files/frame.htm



[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf



THE SEVEN SCIENTIST REPORT ***


http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/02n0273/02n-0273-EC244-Attach-1.pdf



PAUL BROWN M.D.

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/02n0273/02n-0273-c000490-vol40.pdf




9 December 2005
Division of Dockets Management (RFA-305)

SEROLOGICALS CORPORATION
James J. Kramer, Ph.D.
Vice President, Corporate Operations

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/02n0273/02n-0273-c000383-01-vol35.pdf




[Docket No. 03-025IFA] FSIS Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk
Materials for Human Food and Requirement for the Disposition of
Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/03-025IFA/03-025IFA-2.pdf



TRADING AND SPREADING TSE's GLOBALLY FOR MONEY THANKS TO USDA AND OIE


TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS COMMISSION REPORT OCT 2006


CHAPTER 2.3.13.


BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY


Article 2.3.13.1.


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/oie/pdf_files/tahc-bse-75-oct06.pdf



TSS

[flatfish]

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines APHIS-2006-0041


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3246&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/webcomponent/library/searchresultslist/wait.jsp#


SUPPORTING RELATED MATERIALS


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f0e1f&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f0e26&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f0e29&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f0e2a&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f0e2f&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf


PLEASE NOTE ;
Suppressed peer review of Harvard study October 31, 2002


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/BSE_Peer_Review.pdf




Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines APHIS-2006-0041




COMMENT FROM TERRY S. SINGELTARY SR.


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3412&disposition=attachment&contentType=crtext




ATTACHEMENT TO SINGELTARY COMMENT


http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3413&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8





TSS

[flatfish]

Subject: Re: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines APHIS-2006-0041
Date: February 19, 2007 at 6:44 pm PST

well, it seems they now make the urls where they are dead end for comment submitters.
so, for anyone interested, go to link below ;

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main


click check ;

All Documents (Open and Closed for Comment)

then click check ;

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

then check ;

proposed rules ;

then in the keyword or ID slot paste this, APHIS-2006-0041

check exact phrase and then check submit.

when docket comes up, on the far left side, click on 'Docket ID' and next page comments are toward bottom of page.......... TSS


Document ID Title Date Posted Type Views Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0001 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines 01/09/2007 PROPOSED RULES View file in PDF format View file in HTML format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0002 Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in original format APHIS-2006-0041-0003 Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risks associated with the importation of certain commodities from BSE minimal risk regions (Canada) 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in original format APHIS-2006-0041-0003.1 Attachment 1 to Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risks associated with the importation of certain commodities from BSE minimal risk regions (Canada) 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in original format APHIS-2006-0041-0003.2 Appendix 2A to Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risks associated with the importation of certain commodities from BSE minimal risk regions (Canada) 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in PDF format APHIS-2006-0041-0004 Harvard Model of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Implications of Importing Cattle Over 30 Months of Age from Canada 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in PDF format APHIS-2006-0041-0005 Environmental Assessment: Importation of Certain Commodities From BSE Minimal-risk Regions (Canada) 01/09/2007 SUPPORTING & RELATED MATERIALS View file in PDF format APHIS-2006-0041-0006 Comment from Terry S Singletary Sr 01/09/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0006.1 Attachment to Singletary comment 01/09/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0007 Comment from Barb Sachau 01/09/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0008 Comment from Scott Thayer 01/10/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0009 Comment from Barry R Weissman 01/10/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0010 Comment from T King 01/12/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0011 Comment from Wade King 01/12/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0012 Comment from Steven R Pleggenkuhle 01/12/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0013 Comment from Toni Meacham 01/12/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0014 Comment from the Zwack family 01/12/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in PDF format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0015 Comment from Gary Topping 01/16/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0016 Comment from Melva Ryan 01/16/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0017 Comment from MaryJo Boyer 01/16/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0018 Comment from James A White 01/17/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0019 Comment from Ted Wishon, Cattle Producers of Washington 01/17/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0019.1 Attachment to Cattle Producers of Washington comment 01/17/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in PDF format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0020 Comment from Stephanie Vagts 01/22/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0021 Comment from William Hansen 01/23/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments


Document ID Title Date Posted Type Views Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0022 Comment from David & Carol Willman 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0023 Comment from Kerry Stiner 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0024 Comment from Ardelle Hart 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0025 Comment from Elton Dean 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0026 Comment from Randy A Schneider 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0027 Comment from Patricia A Hampton 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0028 Comment from Terry S Singletary 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0028.1 Attachment to Singletary comment 01/29/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0029 Comment from Robert D Quam 01/31/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS View file in original format Add Comments APHIS-2006-0041-0030 Comment from Barry W Vig 01/31/2007 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS