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US to lower mad cow surveillance program: source

Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:16am ET

US to lower mad cow surveillance program: source

Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:16am ET

U.S. News

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Agriculture Department will announce on

Thursday plans to scale down its mad cow surveillance program, a source briefed

by the department told Reuters.

 

" We're lowering it to reflect the low level of BSE (bovine spongiform

encephalopathy)

in the United States, " the source said. " It is lower, but keep in mind

it will still be testing at a level 10 times higher than " international

recommended

standards.

 

The United States found its first case of mad cow disease in 2003 and has

reported

two more cases since then. Since June 2004, USDA has tested more than 650,000

head,

mostly older and higher-risk cattle, for mad cow disease through its so-called

expanded

surveillance program. The program initially was expected to run 12-18 months

 

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews & storyID=2006-07\

-19T151632Z_01_WBT005662_RTRUKOC_0_US-MADCOW-USDA.xml & archived=False

 

 

 

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