Did I just read that right? The government is attempting to legally prohibit a US based company from conducting
additional, more comprehensive
testing for BSE?
The Justice Department (at the behest of the Bush administration) would have you believe that additional testing for BSE would create "false
assurances" of safety. They further state that any false positive results may "scare" consumers. I don't know about you, but I have not seen much
indication lately of the government worrying about scaring people. In fact I would say that it is often quite blatant in it's efforts to promote
fear.
But how is LESS testing any different in that regard? Any reduction to the "less than one percent" of current BSE tests will also promote false
assurances, due to the fact that a minimal amount of screening will produce a minimal amount of BSE positive results.
I would suggest that if a beef supplier wishes to perform additional testing of their own cows then more power to them. This is quite a ridiculous
situation and I applaud the judge for pointing out the the matter of existing law in all of this. It's quite refreshing to see the judicial system
functioning as intended from time to time.
www.cnn.com
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