The U.S. government and beef industries are working to dispel concerns over public health after a new case of mad cow disease was discovered in the U.S. for the first time in six years.

The Department of Agriculture stressed on Wednesday that it will work to mitigate concerns of mad cow disease through thorough quarantine measures. Beef industries emphasized to U.S. consumers and beef importers that U.S. beef is not harmful to humans.

Speaking to reporters while traveling with President Barack Obama to Iowa aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president is “certainly aware” of the situation surrounding the outbreak of mad cow disease. Carney added that the Department of Agriculture is actively looking into this matter.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association claimed in a statement that “all U.S. beef is safe.” The statement stressed that the U.S. beef community has worked with animal health experts and government to put in place multiple interlocking safeguards over the past two decades to prevent mad cow disease from taking hold in the U.S.