IMPORTANT FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT MAD COW DISEASE AND FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

Two European animal diseases are making headlines around the globe. One is called mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE), and the other is called foot-and-mouth disease. Here's what you should know about both:

1) The two diseases are not related.

2) Neither disease exists in the United States, or in the North American continent.

Therefore U.S. beef remains safe.

3) The livestock industry and the U.S. government have taken strict measures to keep both diseases out of this
country in order to protect our livestock and our families.

For more information on BSE, visit www.bseinfo.org

For information about FMD, visit www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/fmd/index.html

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