Japan has confirmed its 16th case of mad cow disease in a 9-year-old cow from northern Japan, the government said Sunday. Experts concluded that the Holstein cow from Teshio town in northern Hokkaido prefecture (state) was infected with the brain-wasting illness after analyzing samples taken this past week, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. "All meat, internal organs and parts from this cattle will be incinerated, and there is no danger that they will be circulated in the market," the ministry statement said.
