After it was revealed that a Brazilian cow that died in 2010 contained the proteins linked to BSE, Brazil is working to convince importers that its beef is free of mad cow disease. The country’s government is asserting that the animal in question did not “manifest the disease nor die of it,” reports the Associated Press.
"This episode does not pose any risk to public health or animal sanitary safety, considering that the animal did not die of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (the scientific name of mad cow disease) and the fact that it was buried in the property itself," the ministry said in a statement.