post #21 of 21
6/26/06 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by Meiri
One of the reasons that Mad Cow has not been the issue in this country that it became in Britain is that we have had laws in place for years forbidding the feeding of such offal to cows. I remember that point from the news stories back when this issue was in the news.
Actually, we don't know how big of an issue Mad Cow Disease is in this country, because only 1% of our cows are tested for it. Unfortunately, cows are still being fed blood, manure, and slaughterhouse waste. http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/bytes25.cfm