HONOLULU -- The government is recalling five tons of meat from eight states, including Hawaii. The move comes after the USDA announced the tainted meat came from a holstein with Mad Cow Disease.

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In addition to the islands, they've added Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Guam to the list. Originally, the USDA said the meat only went to Washington state, Oregon, California and Nevada.

An Agriculture Department veterinarian is stressing, though, that the parts most likely to carry the infection -- the brain, spinal cord and lower intestine -- were removed from the infected cow before it was cut and processed for human consumption.

Dr. Kenneth Petersen said the recalled meat represents "essentially zero risk" to consumers.

Even so, federal officials have recalled an estimated 10,000 pounds of meat from the infected cow and 19 others that were slaughtered Dec. 9 in Washington state.

Authorities have not said where the meat was sent to in Hawaii.

The government randomly tests one in 1,700 cattle for the Mad Cow Disease. The infected cow was one of the randomly tested animals.

Authorities said because the likely source of the infection is something the cow was fed, it means other cattle it lived among had access to the same contaminated food.

Hawaii's Department of Agriculture said it has offered assistance to federal officials in tracking down any recalled beef thought to have been sent to the islands.