three things1 - You won't get BSE from a BSE cow unless you are eating its brains or spinal column - I trust that even Americans don't eat that stuff.
2 - That BSE cow is not Canada's fault. It was an American farmer that took the "downer cow" to an American stockyard, where it was processed by an American meat processor and sold in American stores. It was Americans that screwed up at every step of this process. Look in the mirror; blame yourselves.
3 - It will be a cold day in hell when I buy American anything again. Or at least until well after there is a full, complete, written, and presidentially-delivered apology for this BSE BS. It is America's fault, now live with it.
SadSack