Feds probing alleged mad cow cover-up

Feds probing alleged mad cow cover-up
By Steve Mitchell
Published 5/2/2005 1:30 PM

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Federal investigators are looking into allegations by a former U.S. Agriculture Department inspector that the agency sought to cover up cases of mad cow disease, United Press International has learned.

Lester Friedlander, a former USDA veterinarian, told UPI he was questioned recently by two representatives from the USDA's Office of Inspector General who were investigating statements he made before Canada's Parliament in April.

"I told them I think there's a cover-up," said Friedlander, a 10-year veteran of the USDA who received official praise and recognition for outstanding performance during his tenure with the agency.

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Friedlander's claims include that a USDA official told him in 1991 not to say anything if he ever discovered a case of mad cow disease, and that he knew of cows that had tested positive at private laboratories but were ruled negative by the USDA.

More:
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050429-020831-9428r

nothing to see here... move along, now.

our air is worse, water is worse, and our meat supply -- well who knows. Science has been perverted, just like the Tobacco companies did.

Mad Cow disease is easier to cover up -- because the disease won't show up in the victims of the tainted meat until the bush crime family is out of power/office. And then how can it be known for certain where the contact with the bad meat came from?

By not testing every single cow that goes into the Nation's (and the world) food supply -- the bushie gang is playing Russian Roulette with our lives.