AR-News: U.S. delegation in Japan says 100% testing won't prevent mad cow disease

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TOKYO (AP) - Testing every American head of cattle for mad cow disease -
as suggested by Japan - would not significantly improve the safety of the
beef supply, the head of a U.S. delegation visiting Tokyo for talks with
Japanese officials said Thursday.

J. B. Penn, U.S. undersecretary for farm and agricultural services, said
blanket testing as advocated by Tokyo would needlessly divert resources
away from other more effective measures to check the spread of the bovine
illness.

"It just seems to us that 100 per cent testing doesn't do much to enhance
the safety or the security of the beef supply," Penn said in an interview
with The Associated Press ahead of talks with the Japanese scheduled for
Friday. "So we look at the science and say there ought to be a better way
to do that." 

full story:
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=F2A11211-9C68-49BB-9C96-7C16D7BB77AB

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