Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 [CJDVoice] Broker doubts USDA's mad cow efforts > http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040831-025154-8663r.htm > > > North Palm Beach, FL, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A brokerage firm specializing in the > cattle futures market said Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture is > doing little to prevent mad cow disease. > > " The USDA is not doing anything to help detect and prevent mad cow disease > and if the media where to focus on this cattle prices would be near > historical lows, " the Traders Exchange Corp., located in North Palm Beach, > Fla., stated in its " Daily Commodity Market Commentary. " > > Currently, the cattle futures market is at historical highs, despite more > than 60 nations closing their borders to U.S. beef imports after the first > detected case of mad cow in the United States last December. > > The concern is that humans can contract a fatal, incurable brain illness > called variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease from eating beef products > contaminated with the mad cow pathogen. > > U.S. officials have been in discussions with Japan, the largest importer of > U.S. beef, in an effort to resume trade, but Japanese officials have said it > is unlikely for anything to change before 2005. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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