BSE case should not cause panic

The single case of BSE discovered in an Angus cow in Canada should not trigger panic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation warned in a statement issued in Rome.

Andrew Speedy, an expert in the FAO animal production and health division, said there has been no sign of an escalation of numbers in any of the countries that have identified isolated cases.

"Rather, it demonstrates that active surveillance is picking up the one-in-a-million case."