FACTS:
- In 2010, more than 184,500 cases of BSE had been confirmed in the United Kingdom in more than 35,000 herds.
- The United States has had two cases of BSE in cows — one in 2003 and one in 2005. In both cases, the government took steps so that people wouldn't buy and eat the meat.
- 1986- Mad cow disease is first discovered in the U.K
- 1996 - The first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is reported.
- June 20, 2004 - Charlene Singh, the first person known to live in the United States with variant Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, dies.