Unbelievable Facts About Mad Cow Disease And Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Mad Cow Cannot Be Cooked Out Of Meat

When a cow contracts mad cow disease, it is sometimes caused by a mutated protein called a prion. This protein changes shape and affects the cow’s cognitive function. If a human had access to the meat of such cattle, no amount of searing, barbecuing, nor roasting would kill the prion and would not protect against the human strain, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The protein can survive astronomical temperatures, and typical means of sterilization would not successfully kill it. This is one of the major reasons why red meat is pulled from grocery store shelves when an outbreak is detected.

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