Latest Mad Cow Disease News

U.S. government prevents meat packer testing for mad cow disease (News-Medical-Net)
Thursday May 31st 2007, 7:14 am

In what is being seen by many as a curious and in some ways surprising move, the U.S. government is trying to prevent a Kansas meat packer from testing all of their animals for Mad Cow disease. [News Source]

U.S. on mad cow: Don’t test all cattle (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 5:02 pm

The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease .The Agriculture Department [News Source]

US to meatpackers: don’t do mad cow test.
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 12:00 pm

The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. [News Source]

U.S. on mad cow: Don’t test all cattle (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 10:40 am

The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease .The Agriculture Department [News Source]

U-S on mad cow: Don’t test all cattle (The Daily Comet)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 9:49 am

The Bush administration said it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease . The Agriculture Department tests less than one percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. [News Source]

US on mad cow: Don’t test all cattle (FOX 10 Mobile)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 9:45 am

Associated Press - May 30, 2007 9:44 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease . [News Source]

USDA opposes testing of all cattle for mad cow disease (Tulsa World)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 6:37 am

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. The Agriculture Department tests less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. [News Source]

USDA rejects decision over mad-cow tests (The Wichita Eagle)
Wednesday May 30th 2007, 2:03 am

The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tests less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. But Arkansas City-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test all of its cows. Larger meat companies feared that move ... [News Source]

US fights meatpackers on mad cow test (KXMA-TV Dickinson)
Tuesday May 29th 2007, 9:16 pm

The Bush administration says it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. The [[kxtopic:agriculture:t[Agriculture]:t]] Department tests less than one percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can [News Source]

US fights meatpackers on mad cow test (KAJ Kalispell)
Tuesday May 29th 2007, 9:07 pm

Associated Press - May 29, 2007 9:04 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration says it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. [News Source]