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Mad Cow May Push Consumers Toward Buying Organic

  • December 28, 2003

The discovery of mad cow disease in the United States may give a major boost to the organic beef business because cattle raised organically are less likely to be exposed to the major risk factor for the deadly wasting disease. To be certified as being organic by the Agriculture Department, beef cattle must be fed a strictly vegetarian diet, which would prevent them from being exposed to the kind of tainted feed suspected of causing the mad cow disease discovered in Washington state...