AR-News: (US) Rules Issued on Animal Feed and Use of Disabled Cattle

[Animalconcerns]

[from New York Times]

The Food and Drug Administration imposed new rules yesterday to prevent
the spread of mad cow disease, including a ban on feeding cow blood and
chicken wastes to cattle. The agency also banned using dead or disabled
cows to make products for people like dietary supplements, cosmetics or
soups and other foods with traces of meat.

The rules, described by Mark B. McClellan, commissioner of food and drugs,
in a telephone news briefing, take effect in a few days, as soon as they
are published in The Federal Register, a spokesman for the agency said.
The quick start of the rules after their announcement is a departure from
the usual slower process.

full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/27/national/27BEEF.html

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