AR-News: (CA/US) Knee jerk BSE response now haunts U.S.: Veneman

[Animalconcerns]

WASHINGTON — Lack of scientific response to mad cow in Canada now haunts
U.S., official says

Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman says the United States has seen the
light when it comes to basing international beef trade decisions on
science, not on false perceptions about mad cow disease.

A lot has changed since the Americans closed their border to Canadian beef
products in May after a lone Alberta animal tested positive for mad cow,
she told a congressional agriculture committee Wednesday.

"We reacted exactly the way other countries are now treating the U.S.,"
Veneman said.

full story:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1074737926526_59/?hub=World

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