USDA scales back mad-cow testing (AP via Yahoo! News) The Agriculture Department is cutting its tests for mad cow disease by about 90 percent, drawing protests from consumer groups. [News Source]

Mad Cow Testing Scaled Back By 90% (CBS News) The government is reducing its testing program for mad cow disease to one-tenth of what it has been since the first U.S. discovery of an infected cow. The Agriculture Department says there is little justification for the current level. [News Source]

US Agriculture Dept. ratchets down mad cow testing (AFP via Yahoo! News) The US Department of Agriculture said it was scaling down its nationwide surveillance program for mad cow disease due to its "extremely low prevalence" in the United States. [News Source]

U.S. to Reduce Mad-Cow Testing After Few Cases Found (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) July 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will slash its mad-cow testing program by almost 90 percent after data collected over two years showed a ``very low level'' of the disease in the domestic herd, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said. [News Source]

USDA Scales Back Mad-Cow Testing (KiplingerForecasts.com) The Agriculture Department is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to one-tenth of what it has been since the discovery of an infected cow in the U.S. [News Source]

USDA scales back mad-cow testing (AP via Yahoo! News) The Agriculture Department is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to one-tenth of what it has been since the discovery of an infected cow in the U.S. [News Source]

USDA to reduce mad cow testing program: Johanns (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. government will scale down its mad cow surveillance program to reflect a smaller presence of the disease in the United States, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Thursday. [News Source]

USDA scales back mad-cow testing (USA Today) Department of Agriculture is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to about one-tenth of what it has been for the past 2 1/2 years. [News Source]

USDA Scales Back Mad-Cow Testing (KiplingerForecasts.com) The Agriculture Department is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to about one-tenth of what it has been for the past 2 1/2 years. [News Source]

USDA Scales Back Mad-Cow Testing (San Francisco Chronicle) The Agriculture Department is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to about one-tenth of what it has been for the past 2 1/2 years. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said there is little justification for the current level, which rose... [News Source]