How now, Mad Cow? - Democratic Underground

baldguy

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Wed Mar-22-06 06:37 PM
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How now, Mad Cow?

Edited on Wed Mar-22-06 06:39 PM by baldguy

This is how George Bush's Department of Agriculture protects YOU against Mad Cow disease:

A Kansas meatpacker has sparked an industry fight by proposing testing all the company's cattle for mad cow disease.

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to look for the disease in every animal it processes. The Agriculture Department has said no. Creekstone says it intends to sue the department.

"Our customers, particularly our Asian customers, have requested it over and over again," chief executive John Stewart said in an interview Wednesday. "We feel strongly that if customers are asking for tested beef, we should be allowed to provide that."

more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_he_me/mad_cow

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IsItJustMe

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Wed Mar-22-06 06:39 PM
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1. One more example.

Edited on Wed Mar-22-06 06:51 PM by IsItJustMe

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