FDA Statement - Statement by Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach on the Opening of the Japanese Market to U.S. Beef , December 12, 2005

FDA News - FDA Proposes Additional ''Mad Cow'' Safeguards , October 4, 2005

Report on Food & Drug Administration Dallas District Investigation of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Event in Texas 2005 - August 30, 2005 | htm | | pdf |

FDA Statement - FDA Statement on USDA BSE Positive Test Results , June 24, 2005

FDA Statement - Statement on Texas Cow with Central Nervous System Symptoms , May 4, 2004

FDA Press Release - Expanded "Mad Cow" Safeguards Announced to Strengthen Existing Firewalls Against BSE Transmission , January 26, 2004

FDA Statement - Statement on FDA's Participation in U.S. Government's Delegation to Japan and Korea on BSE , January 16, 2004

FDA Statement - FDA Statement on New Measures against BSE , December 31, 2003

Import Alert #71-02, 1/21/04, Import Alert #71-02, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Animal Feeds and Feed Ingredients that May Contain Ingredients of Animal Origin" , Attachment September 30, 2005

FDA Statement - Statement on Probable Case of BSE in Washington State , December 24, 2003

U.S. Department of Justice Files Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction Against X-Cel Feeds, Inc. Based on Violations of FDA's 1997 Animal Feed Rule , July 11, 2003

FDA Statement ­- FDA BSE Update - Pet Food from Canadian Manufacturer , May 26, 2003

FDA Statement on BSE Cow in Alberta, Canada,  May 20, 2003

Trying To Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out Of U.S. Herds - FDA Veterinarian, March/April 2001

Trying to Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of U.S. Herds - FDA Consumer Magazine, March/April 2001

Harvard BSE Risk Assessment Study , October 31, 2003

FDA Announces Test Results From Texas Feed Lot - January 30, 2001

Import Alert  #99-25, 5/20/03, Revision of Import Alert #99-25, Revision of the Attachment to Import Alert #99-25, "Detention without Physical Examination of Animal Feed, Animal Feed Ingredients and Other Products for Animal Use Consisting or Containing Ingredients of Animal Origin *** and Not the Subject of a Valid USDA Import Permit***"

Revision of the Attachment

FDA SEEKS CONTRACT PROPOSALS FOR ITS INITIATIVE TITLED: “Detection and Analysis of Animal Proteins Prohibited from Use in Ruminant Feed.” May 16, 2000

The BSE Feed Regulation - Enforcement Strategy Update (pdf)
(FDA Regulation 21 CFR 589.2000) posted 12/31/98

Summary of Price Movement, Compliance Patterns, and Enforcement Issues for the Final Rule to Reduce the Risk of an Outbreak of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in the United States

              Final Report - Update, March 2, 1998 (pdf)
              Final Report - Update, October 27, 1998 (pdf)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for 21 CFR 589.2000 - Prohibition of Protein Derived from Ruminant and Mink Tissues in Ruminant Feeds , November 1996

FDA Talk Paper: FDA Prohibits Mammalian Protein in Sheep and Cattle Feed (June 3, 1997)