You’d be mad, too, if they called you “Bossie” (Everett Herald) Say it with me: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: To protect against mad cow disease, the federal government has permanently banned from slaughter "downer cows," cattle too sick to stand on their own. [News Source]

You’d be mad, too, if they called you “Bossie” (Everett Herald) Say it with me: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: To protect against mad cow disease, the federal government has permanently banned from slaughter "downer cows," cattle too sick to stand on their own. [News Source]

Obama puts food safety under the microscope. The nation’s food safety system is a “hazard to public health” and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration. [News Source]

Sick ‘downer’ cows permanently banned from food supply. The government permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply. [News Source]

Obama targets food safety. President Obama accused the Bush administration yesterday of creating a "hazard to public health" by failing to curb food contamination problems. [News Source]

You’d be mad, too, if they called you “Bossie” (Everett Herald) Say it with me: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: To protect against mad cow disease, the federal government has permanently banned from slaughter "downer cows," cattle too sick to stand on their own. [News Source]

U.S. must change the way meat for table processed (MyCentralJersey.com) Based on what I've read, I believe that it would be less costly to fix the true source of meat-related contamination (e.g. E.coli, salmonella, listeria, mad cow, and common meat-borne diseases) than to install a new computerized tracking system. I believe that the inherently unhealthy practices of industrial-scale meat operations (e.g. mass crowding, growth stimulants, feeding regimens, rushed ... [News Source]

Government bans ‘downer’ cows from food supply (Chicago Sun-Times) The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply. The Agriculture Department proposed the ban last year after the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. The recall involved a Chino, Calif., slaughterhouse and "downer" cows. The Obama administration ... [News Source]

Government bans `downer’ cows from food supply (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) WASHINGTON - More than a year after the largest beef recall in U.S. history, the government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance of mad cow disease entering the food supply. [News Source]

Citing fears of mad cow disease, U.S. bans slaughter of ‘downer cows (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) WASHINGTON — The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply. The Agriculture Department proposed the ban last year after the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. The recall involved a Chino, Calif., slaughterhouse and "downer" cows. The Obama ... [News Source]