The disease was detected on a cow
carcass taken in for rendering last Wednesday at an
animal - rendering plant in Hanford, Calif., said Dennis Luckey, vice president of Baker Commodities Inc., a Los Angeles - based
processor of
animal byproducts that operates the facility.
Independent plants obtain
animal by - product materials, including grease, blood, feathers, offal, and entire
animal carcasses, from the following sources: butcher shops, supermarkets, restaurants, fast - food chains, poultry
processors, slaughterhouses, farms, ranches, feedlots, and
animal shelters.»