The US Agriculture Department only tests 1% of all cows for mad cow disease.
But if our government resources are not enough to test all cows, what if private entities want to test all cows for mad cow disease? A Kansas meatpacker has been in dispute with Agriculture Department and recently lost at the Federal Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals held that Agriculture Department can bar private testing.
See this digg and article:
http://digg.com/business_finance/US_Can_Block_Private_Mad_Cow_Disease_Testing
2 comments:
And it was a stretch, reshaping a law clearly aimed at veterinary care and products to encompass the testing of animals after they're dead...wouldn't have a thing to do with the fact that the larger (richer, more powerful lobbying) meat packing companies were afraid they might look bad by comparison, do you think?
There's always powerful lobby forces that lurk in the background of these things; even articles pretty much say so.
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