Here’s a article topic that I never thought I would see, the June 2009 issue of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease had an article from the University of Louisville looking at the possible risk of developing “Mad Cow” disease or Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in people that eat farm-raised fish that have been fed fish food that contains infected cow parts.
Its an interesting concern as more people try to improve their diet and nutrition and increase their fish consumption for the benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids. While I think the risk is small, especially with other issues such as mercury content in larger fish, the risk of developing “Mad Cow” disease could be an evolving concern. One more reason to look closely at the type of fish that we eat – farm-raised salmon should be labeled either as “farm raised” or “color-added”. Fish caught in the wild is also usually labelled as such.
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