Canada has reported a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, saying it originated from a six-year-old dairy cow in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms this is the 12th case since 2003.

George Luterbach, a senior veterinarian with the agency, described the cow, according to Calgary Herald, as thin and weak and with deteriorating health causing it to collapse ten days ago in its farm located in Edmonton, Alberta

A meat plant in California violating rules on cattle inspection has caused the largest beef recall in U.S. History. The Department of Agriculture has ordered the recall of some 64.9 million kilograms of beef.

However, the USDA said the recall has minimal health risks as the meat as the move was a Class 2 recall, meaning the USDA was not expecting the meat could cause harm if consumed. Most of the beef were purchased mostly for school lunch and other nutrition programs

A California court has issued bench warrants for the arrest of two former slaughterhouse employees after they failed to show for their scheduled arraignment on Friday, according to reports.

Daniel Navarro, 49, of Pomona and Luis Sanchez, 32, of Chino are wanted for five felony counts animal cruelty and three misdemeanors, respectively, for maltreating cows while still employed at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., in Chino

South Korea has reissued its ban on U.S. beef, citing a disagreement on importation and health safety codes. According to South Korean officials, inspectors also found a piece of cow bone in the beef; South Korean agriculture authorities have banned the importation of beef bones over fears of mad cow disease.

South Korea, which used to be the third largest market for U.S. beef, suspended importing U.S. beef in 2003. It lifted the import ban last year but imposed it again in August this year

A promising new vaccine could one day cause fears of the human version of mad cow disease to melt away like the fat on a well-marbled T-bone steak broiling on a hot grill. That is, of course, if scientists can find a way to develop a vaccine for humans that works as well as one made for mice.

In a new study, researchers at New York University found mice that were given an oral vaccine developed high antibody titers to the prion proteins similar to that in cattle with BSE. The mice had no symptoms more than 400 days after being exposed to the infectious prion disease scrapie