Another Potential Case of Mad Cow in North America

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is announcing that testing is underway to confirm a suspected case of mad cow. If Canada does have another mad cow case, that country's food safety agency will probably be able to trace back from that cow to locate other cows that may have consumed the same feed, which could be at the root of the infection. The U.S. has resisted the animal ID system that would make that same level of traceback possible here; instead, a recent USDA announcement calls for a system that would be administered by a private organization controlled by the cattlemen's industry. For more info on the broken promises and special interest takeover that has left us less well protected than consumers in Canada, check out the new white paper from CSPI, OMB Watch, and Consumer Federation of America: Cow Sense.
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