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Four cases of mad cow disease in cattle in Canada and the United States and a single confirmed case in a goat in France should not cause panic among consumers and producers over the scourge, which is fatal in humans, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

Calling it “good news” and urging all countries to continue their checks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in Canada proved that active surveillance and diagnosis programmes are working.