Concerning Mad Cow disease and Desiccated Bovine Adrenal Supplements used for Adrenal support

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I was on the bovine adrenal for months before the big scares came out that it was in the US. So.. on the Internet I went.. As it happens I was sent this via email from someone knew that I was looking. It pretty much calmed all my fears. I post it every few months... and now is a good time to post it again, I think

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www.thyrophoenix.com/donations.htm

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"On July 24, 2003 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency enacted regulatory provisions for the removal of Specified Risk materials (SRM) from Cattle carcasses in establishments inspected under the Meat Inspection Regulations,1990.SRM means the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of cattle aged 30 months or older and the distal ileum of cattle of all ages. These tissues are designated as SRM because in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE aka Mad Cow) cattle. The brain, trigrminal gangia, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia contain the BSE agent and may transmit the disease. The skull is designated as well because of the high probability of it becoming contaminated at the time of stunning and during manipulation of the other tissues if their separate removal was permitted.In order to prevent certain tissues that may contain BSE infectivity from entering the human food chain, operators of establishments will be required to remove SRM's from the carcass and treat these material as inedible meat products.For the purpose of this policy, cattle are considered to be age 30 months or older when they have more than 2 of their permanent incisor teeth erupted (ie the 1st pair of permanent incisors and at least one tooth from the second pair of incisors) brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, tonsils are removed from the skull and the spinal cord requires removal in its entirety. In order to ensure complete removal of the dorsal root ganglia, the vertebral column of cattle aged 30 months or older, excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the wings of the sacrum must be removed and disposed of as an inedible product.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is working with Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization and Saskatchewan Health to ensure the introduction of these provisions and the comprehensive application of the removal of Specified Rick Material in all cattle slaughtered in Saskatchewan.Greg DVMInspection manager, Saskatchewan SouthCanadian Food Inspection Agency"