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| Subject: The administration will fight more mad cow disease testing | |
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Author: Bev |
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Date Posted: 17:43:57 05/29/07 Tue US on Mad Cow: Don't Test All Cattle By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 29, 2007 Filed at 4:20 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. The Agriculture (Agribusiness) Department tests less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. But Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test all of its cows. Larger meat companies feared that move because, if Creekstone tested its meat and advertised it as safe, they might have to perform the expensive test, too. 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. The ruling was to take effect June 1, but the Agriculture Department said Tuesday it would appeal -- effectively delaying the testing until the court challenge plays out. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Mad-Cow.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Finally | L. | 10:22:54 05/30/07 Wed |