I have always eaten beef with enthusiasm, but this seems like a really good reason to eat only organic grass-fed beef. There was an expert (I forget the name) interviewed on NPR who pointed out that cases of BSE do happen spontaneously every now and then.

JenEllen, if the meat was being tested because she was a "downer" cow, why was it sent on for processing before the test results were recieved? How does that help keep contaminated meat out of the food chain? Now they're hustling around trying to track it--couldn't they have just held onto it in the first place until they knew if it was safe--or not?