AR-News: (U.S. scientist complains of pressure to lift ban on Canadian beef: repoCanada)

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

08:15 AM EST Feb 27 
NEW YORK (CP) - The U.S. administration pressured Department of Agriculture 
experts to approve the resumption of Canadian beef imports last August before 
an American study on its safety was done, the New York Times reported 
Wednesday. 
Quoting an anonymous senior scientist at the department, the Times noted that 
Canadian beef had been banned from the United States after a case of mad cow 
disease appeared in Canada last May. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman offered 
to lift the ban on boneless beef from Canada in August, saying a "thorough 
scientific analysis" had been done and that "our experts have determined that 
the risk to public health is extremely low." 
The scientist told the Times Veneman's statement "really frosted me - that 
she said we'd done it when I knew in fact that we hadn't." 
The scientist also said there had been pressure from Veneman's office to 
approve cattle from Mexico at risk of tuberculosis, pears from China with fungus 
problems, in addition to boneless meat from Canadian cattle, calves, sheep and 
goats, as well as hunters' kills. 






full story:

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040225/w022572.html 








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