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I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply.

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The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat.

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It's been studied to the point where we know that the impact on humans would be from consuming the most infected parts of the cow that is, the brain and the spinal cord.

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The severe drought may not be receiving the same amount of attention as other emergencies. The international community must respond immediately to the need for assistance.

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But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show, based upon what we know about this disease, that muscle cuts - that is, the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.

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We know the farm that it had been on, and we will track back to see where it was originally purchased and what farm it was born on.

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We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.

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We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European experience.

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I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.

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I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of mad cow spreading in this country. We have found a single case.

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We are, in an abundance of caution, beginning, as of last night, a recall of that product. And we're tracing forward to see where that product went.

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Actually, in this instance we do have probably a better tracking system than was the instance in Canada. Because this is a dairy cow, they're all individually tagged.

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I think it's a little early to tell what the economic impact will be. This year our cattle prices have been particularly high. The demand for beef has remained strong in this country, even though there was the single find in Canada earlier this year.

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The severe drought may not be receiving the same amount of attention as other emergencies. We must act now to save lives.

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Great Britain had a much different situation than we do and did here in the United States, in that they had literally thousands of infected animals with human health risks. Their infectivity in this disease happened before very much was known about it.

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I have to say that in this particular cow that we're dealing with, those parts of the cow were removed, and so we don't think there's any risk or very negligible risk to human health with this particular incident.

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All of those standard operating procedures were followed, which is again why we believe that the food supply has been protected.

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This was a dairy cow, and dairy cows have IDs on them. The ID was traced back to the farm in Washington. It's a dairy farm. And that farm now has been quarantined, and the owners have been very cooperative in doing that.

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We are estimating that at least 17,000 pupils were killed in schools, that's the one number that we have some estimate on.

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There is a potential for widespread disease, greater malnutrition and the displacement of significant numbers of people.

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Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact on the market. At this point it's too early to determine how much.

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The immediate availability of basic humanitarian supplies and the ability to dispatch them rapidly to populations in affected areas can save many lives in emergencies.

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It is important to protect children from being recruited and used in armed conflict.

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We have to begin by addressing the underlying causes of exclusion and abuse.

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I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.

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