How Now, Mad Cow?

Despite the discovery of three cows infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, long overdue measures to ensure the safety of the food supply and to keep foreign markets open to American beef have been stalled. Find out more in Cow Sense: The Bush Administration's Broken Record on Mad Cow, a new white paper from CSPI, OMB Watch, and the Consumer Federation of America, documenting how special-interest lobbying at federal agencies and at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) helped keep reforms, such as a nationwide animal identification system and a strong regulation governing cattle feed, from being finalized.
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