USA: U.S. Department of Agriculture and BSE Testing

UPI: USDA resisted retesting suspect mad cow

Jere L. Dick, associate deputy administrator, National Animal Health Policy and Programs, wrote in a March 18 letter to Consumers Union: "We are confident in the expertise of USDA's laboratory technicians in conducting BSE testing and do not feel that such confirmatory testing by the Weybridge laboratory is generally necessary."

Now the USDA did consider the additional test necessary after all.........

Source: USDA resisted retesting suspect mad cow

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