It’s been over four months since a single cow in the United States was diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Despite the best efforts of animal rights and organic food scaremongers to terrify the public away from the conventional beef supply, American consumers remain unfazed. And considering that the risk of actually contracting mad cow disease is “as close to zero as you can get,” our confidence is well justified.
The Center for Consumer Freedom told MSNBC yesterday: “If we want to keep feeding Americans affordable meat supplies, the system we have now is effective and safe and smart.” And recently in National Review, Hudson Institute Fellow and commodity-market analyst Dave Juday provided another important reason why there’s nothing to fear: