WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Data showing tainted meat is seldom recovered means Americans could be consuming dangerous food despite U.S. government recalls.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An Oregon woman said Monday she unwittingly consumed some of the recalled beef that may have contained meat from the mad cow detected in Washington earlier this month, as federal officials announced the questionable meat had been sent to 42 more facilitie

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Federal officials said Sunday they are considering changing their surveillance programs for detecting mad cow disease among U.S herds in response to the first detected case of the disease in the United States earlier this week.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The investigation to trace down the origins of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States could take weeks to months and ultimately may be unable to determine where the animal came from or how it became infected, federal officials said Friday.