More mad cow

I hate reporting these stories, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed on Wednesday a new case of mad cow disease in Alberta.

The agency says the latest cow is believed to have been old enough to have contracted the disease before Canada banned the use of cattle parts in cattle feed. That is good news in the sense that this was under the old rules. This is Canada's fifth case in 2006 and the eighth since 2003. The hope is that the system and that they are discovering these cows in time.

These cases do not stop me from eating Canadian (or American) beef. But I do wish I felt safer about the whole experience.