AR-News: (US) Mad Cow Scare Hurts Meatpacking Belt

[Animalconcerns]

Candy Nysingh still cuts and packs meat at Fremont Beef Co., but with jobs
in America's meatpacking belt being lost to mad cow disease, she isn't
sure for how long.

"It is scary," Nysingh said. "It just happened so fast."

On Dec. 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, had been discovered in a
Holstein cow in Washington state. More than 30 countries banned U.S. beef
products, including Japan and Mexico, and slaughter cattle prices dropped
about 18 percent.

Meatpacking plants from Minnesota to Texas and from Iowa to Idaho have
since cut jobs because some of the "secondary" meats they produce - such
as beef tongue and intestines - primarily go to international markets.

full story:
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040120/APF/401200815

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