AR-News: (US) Ban on Meat From 'Downers' Grows - Rules Affect Canned Food, Cosmetics

[Animalconcerns]

[from Washington Post]

Meat from "downer" cattle -- animals too sick to walk to slaughter -- will
be prohibited from canned soups, pizzas, dietary supplements and
cosmetics, the federal government said yesterday, announcing a series of
new measures to strengthen protections against mad cow disease.

"Firewalls" must be strengthened to prevent the spread of mad cow disease
after the discovery of an infected Holstein cow in Washington state last
month, Food and Drug Administration officials said, adding that the new
measures would keep potentially infected tissue from being consumed by
either humans or cattle.

full story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50536-2004Jan26.html?nav=hptoc_n

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