This isn't a Federal Law that Bush & Co. are trying to have the courts change. And it's not the government doing the testing for the disease.
What "the administration" is trying to do is stop a private company from testing the cows they slaughter so that when they ship the meat to Europe,
there are no fears that the meat is safe and it didn't come from a cow that had the mad cow disease!
But Creekstone attorney Russell Frye contended that the Agriculture Department's regulations covering the treatment of domestic animals
contain no
prohibition against an individual company testing for mad cow disease, because the test is conducted only after a cow is slaughtered. He said
the agency has no authority to prevent companies from using the test to reassure customers.
What is so bad about reassuring your customers that your meat is safe?
Larger meatpackers have opposed Creekstone's push to allow wider testing out of fear that consumer pressure would force them to begin
testing all animals too. Increased testing would raise the price of meat by a few cents per pound.
There you have your answer! Should have known!
Larger meat packers must be lobbying against this!
And of course Bush is right on board with it, [sarcasm] so it
MIGHT end up killing a few people if ALL the meat/cows aren't tested, at least
THEY are making money! [/sarcasm]
What's the big deal about putting millions of people at risk of eating affected meat they can be fatal, as long as Bush and his lobbiers can make a
profit while doing it.
Bush Co. never ceases to amaze me!
www.usatoday.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 5/12/2008 by Keyhole]
