AR-News: (US) Bush Wants $441 Millions for Mad Cow, Food Safety

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration proposed funding of $441
million for programs to fight mad cow disease, bioterrorism and other
threats to U.S. food security on Monday, six weeks after the first U.S.
case of mad cow was reported.

The money would allow the Agriculture Department to test 40,000 head of
cattle a year for mad cow disease -- double the past rate -- speed up
creation of a livestock tracking system, and complete renovation of a
federal laboratory that carries out tests for mad cow and other
agricultural threats.

"The United States must be vigilant in protecting the safety of the
nation's food system from terrorist attacks," the White House said in
budget documents. It said expertise in preventing outbreaks of animal and
plant disease would be "turned toward thwarting deliberate acts of
contamination and introduction of disease." 

full story:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4262839

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