Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 TESTING LIKE MAD http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61585-2004Mar15.html The U.S. Department of Agriculture, " under fire for the way it has handled the discovery of mad cow disease " in the U.S., announced plans to test hundreds of thousands of cattle over a 12 to 18 month period. USDA Chief Veterinary Officer Ron DeHaven indicated the goal was 201,000 to 268,000 cattle, but later admitted: " For me to predict how many samples we will be able to collect in a new program that we don't have any experience from would simply be a wild guess. " Japanese officials said the new testing was not sufficient to lift their ban on U.S. beef. In Britain, " a sensible precautionary measure " was passed blocking anyone who received a transfusion since 1980 from donating blood. In December, a death from vCJD, the human form of mad cow disease, was traced to an infected blood donor. SOURCE: The Washington Post, March 16, 2004 More web links related to this story are available at: http://www.prwatch.org/spin/March_2004.html#1079413201 To discuss this story in the PR Watch Forum, visit: http://www.prwatch.org/forum/discuss.php?id=1079413201 Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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