Mad Cow Disease By haileyc16 Jan 1, 1986 Mad Cow is Discovered Mad Cow is discovered in the United Kingdom Period: Jan 1, 1986 to Jan 1, 2001 British Outbreak of BSE British Outbreak affects about 180,000 cattle and devastates farming communities Jan 15, 1993 BSE Epidemic reaches its peak The BSE Epidemic in Britain reaches it's peak with almost 1,000 newcases being reported weekly. Period: Jan 1, 1996 to Jan 1, 1999 European Ban on British Beef in France May 15, 1996 First Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Reported May 20, 2003 Canada's first case of Mad Cow Confirmed in Cow May 21, 2003 Mexico, Japan, South Korea and the US ban Canadian Beef Dec 23, 2003 First case of Mad Cow confirmed in US Dec 30, 2003 USDA announces that beef from downer cattle will no longer be allowed in the human food chain Jan 9, 2004 USDA destroys "herd mates" of infected cow Jun 20, 2004 First person in US dies of Creutzfeldt- Jakob Disease Jan 2, 2005 Canada's second case of BSE Jun 24, 2005 Second case of BSE in US Mar 13, 2006 Third case of BSE in US Sep 5, 2008 Canadian scientists discover diagnostic for testing live cattle Mar 14, 2009 US gov bans slaughter of sick cows to minimize mad cow Apr 24, 2012 USDA confirms 4th case of BSE May 1, 2014 Fourth person in US dies of vCJD Jun 11, 2014 USDA announces recall of 4,000 lbs of beef due to caution
