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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by kevinlou on Saturday July 25, 2026 @01:13AM (#49044716)
There's really nothing we can do about prion diseases, can we? What does the FDA (or any other regulatory or research institution) even have in the way of prion detection?
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by SapporoChris on Saturday July 25, 2026 @01:30AM (#49044797)
Just because something can't be easily detected in a timely manner doesn't mean there's nothing to be done.

Banning offal consumption. Banning blood donations from people who could have been exposed. Detecting the disease in postmortem examinations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_BSE_outbreak

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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by Laurel1234 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @04:28AM (#49045679)
Why would offal be more dangerous to consume? The wiki seems to point to feeding offal to cows, which makes sense and I think has been widely banned.
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by manarth on Saturday July 25, 2026 @05:29AM (#49046032)
The prion accumulates in certain tissues: mainly brain and spinal column, but also (to a lesser extent) intestinal tissue and lymphatic system.
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by mapmeld on Saturday July 25, 2026 @07:33AM (#49046707)
There's a U. Minnesota spinoff company Priogen testing for chronic wasting disease. I saw them advertising on Reddit for hunters to test their deer meat. Here's a recent news story about the Pennsylvania Game Commission offering kits: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pilot-project-chron...
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