Court: U.S. can block mad cow testing. The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. [News Source]

Court: US can block mad cow testing (Washington Post) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. [News Source]

U.S. can block mad cow testing (Post-Bulletin) WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court says the government can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease. Because the Agriculture Department tests only a small percentage of cows for the deadly disease, Ka [News Source]

WASHINGTON U.S. can block mad cow tests (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat) The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.The dispute pits the Agriculture Department, which tests about 1 percent of cows for the potentially deadly disease, against a Kansas meatpacker that wants to test all its animals. [News Source]

Court lets U.S. block meatpacker from testing for mad cow (Chicago Tribune) WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. [News Source]

Ruling: USDA can prohibit costly testing for mad cow (Arizona Daily Star) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration can prohibit meatpackers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. [News Source]

Court: U.S. can block meat firms’ mad-cow testing (Richmond Times-Dispatch) The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad-cow disease, a federal appeals court said yesterday. The dispute pits the Agriculture Department, which tests about 1 percent of cows for the potentially deadly disease, against a Kansas meat packer that wants to test all its animals. Larger meat packers opposed such testing. If Creekstone Farms Premium Beef ... [News Source]

Court says U.S. can block private mad cow tests (The Kansas City Star) The federal government can prohibit meatpackers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 on Friday. [News Source]

Appellate Panel Bars Tests for Mad Cow Disease (New York Times) A federal appeals court has ruled that the government can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Court Backs Mad Cow Rule (The Lakeland Ledger) The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. The dispute pits the Agriculture Department, which tests about 1 percent of cows for the potentially deadly disease, against a Kansas meat packer that wants to test all its animals. Larger meat packers opposed such... [News Source]