AR-News: (US-wa)Mad Cow Surveillance System Criticized

[Animalconcerns]

YAKIMA, Wash. - As agriculture officials work to strengthen the nation's
surveillance for mad cow disease, critics continue to poke holes in the
current system.

Among their gripes: Too few tests are performed, only sickly animals are
tested and voluntary testing by the cattle industry isn't sufficient to be
called "surveillance."

"I don't think you can put much stock in it," said Felicia Nestor, food
safety project director for the Government Accountability Project, a
nonprofit government watchdog group.

The Agriculture Department plans to announce a new testing program in the
coming days. Already, plans include doubling the number of cattle tested
each year to 40,000, and some have speculated that number could rise as
high as 300,000.

full story:
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/8189531.htm

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