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Summary:
The United States has been trying to regain foreign markets that banned U.S. beef when a cow in Washington state tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) in December 2003. Rebuilding foreign confidence in the safety of U.S. beef and cattle has been impeded by two other confirmed U.S. cases of BSE, announced June 2005 and March 2006. Among the four major foreign markets, Canada and Mexico are again accepting U.S. beef, but Japan and Korea were not as of late March 2006. North American beef trade also has been disrupted by Canada's own BSE findings, with four indigenous cases reported there. This report will be updated.1
