AR-News: (US) Protections against mad cow disease come after 2 years of study

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[from The Oregonian]

Federal food-safety regulators proposed ways to make the nation's food
supply safer from mad cow disease two years ago, but did not pass those
rules until Tuesday, a week after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease
was found.

In a document released Jan. 15, 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture
officials discussed how to deal with brains, the small intestine and other
parts of cattle most likely to harbor prions -- the rogue proteins that
can cause mad cow disease and a similar illness in humans who eat them.
The agency suggested several ways to improve food processing "by
preventing such materials for use as, or in production of, human food."

full story:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1072961996123070.xml

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