Mad Cow disease is a serious and ongoing threat that suddenly arrived from nowhere to attach huge numbers of British cattle. It seems like a brief cloud that has passed away, but in fact it remains a huge concern because it has raised fears over the safety of food, especially beef. More than ten years after the disease was first identified, remarkably little is known about it. Even basic questions remain unanswered. In addition, much of the research that has been done has been incomplete.
             The Mad Cow disease crisis has been causing the British government great economic losses but the action taken so far can barely aid in its recovery. What is now known about the British disease shows why American scientists as well as numerous scientists all over the world should be concerned. By researching the British disease which is considered a Mad Cow disease, It is support the concept that young woman carrying that deadly condition might pass it to their unborn babies before showing symptoms themselves, also will show case research evidence of victims, and the anatomy of the victims brains that was found to be unusual. In addition, we will also take a closer look at the American and British government and focus on their reaction towards the disease. Finally, some explanations will be shown of the programs that were conducted to insure the safety of beef, and maintain consumer confidence.
             Mad Cow disease is a disease prevalent in sheep for hundreds of years, which crossed the species barrier and appeared in British cattle about fifteen years ago where it is known as "Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy" (TSE). It is a fatal, degenerative brain disease that takes from two to thirty years to incubate. It is incurable. The illness was first discovered in 1986 in the United Kingdom, caused by cattle farmers "using sheep and dead animals organs as filler in cattle feed" (Sternberg, 1996).
             Incongruent, between 1986 and 1995, Bri...