The argument used by the USDA is that the widespread testing
for Mad Cow disease "could lead to a false positive that would harm
the meat industry." The US government never seems concerned that the
many many false positives on the AIDS test, which results in people
getting does with chemo-toxins, and murdered is cause for concern. I
guess they care more about the meat packing industry than they care
about the lives of humans living in this country.
Alobar
U.S. government fights to keep meatpackers
from testing all slaughtered cattle for mad cow
The Associated PressPublished: May 29, 2007
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep
meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.
The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered
cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted
beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone Farms
Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows.
Larger meat companies feared that move because, if Creekstone should
test its meat and advertised it as safe, they might have to perform
the expensive tests on their larger herds as well.
The Agriculture Department regulates the test and argued that
widespread testing could lead to a false positive that would harm the
meat industry.
A federal judge ruled in March that such tests must be allowed. U.S.
District Judge James Robertson noted that Creekstone sought to use the
same test the government relies on and said the government didn't have
the authority to restrict it. - A federal judge ruled in March that
such tests must be allowed. The ruling was scheduled to take effect
June 1, but the Agriculture Department said Tuesday it would appeal,
effectively delaying the testing until the court challenge has played
out.
Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is linked to
more than 150 human deaths worldwide, mostly in Britain.
Three cases of mad cow disease have been found in the United States.
The first, in December 2003 in Washington state, was in a cow that had
been imported from Canada. The second, in 2005, was in a cow born in
Texas. The third was confirmed last year in an Alabama cow.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Mad-Cow.php
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