AR-News: (US) USDA: Cattle Brains May Be Turned Into Biofuels

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cattle brains and other remains that may carry the
deadly mad cow disease would be turned into biofuels under a plan
announced on Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Cattle brains, skull, eyes, spinal column, small intestine and other parts
suspected of harboring mad cow disease were banned from human consumption
in December as a safety precaution, shortly after the discovery of the
first case of mad cow disease in the United States.

Some consumer groups have called on the Bush administration to go a step
further and ban these "specified risk materials" from swine, poultry and
other animal feed made from ground-up cattle remains. All cattle parts
already are banned from cattle feed to protect against the spread of mad
cow disease. 

full story:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=5169697

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