CANADIAN officials confirmed the country%u2019s sixteenth case of mad cow disease since 2003 in a seven-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia last week, just weeks after the country resumed negotiations for broader access to South Korea%u2019s beef market.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported that no part of the animal's carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems and is investigating the source of infection.
This is the forth case of mad cow disease in Canada this year.
Beef exports from Canada have been banned in Korea since the 2003 outbreak.
Canada remains a controlled risk country for BSE, as decided by the World Health Organisation, and this announcement should not affect beef exports from the country.
South Korean officials have flown to Canada to ascertain what caused this most recent case, according to Korean media reports.
This follows meetings between Canadian and Korean veterinary official two weeks ago regarding the requirements for re-entry to the Korean market.