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Mad Cow Rules Violated by Meat Plants

Last fall, I posted a testimonial from a farmer in the Northwest United States who claimed to have killed the mad cow that caused so much panic among meat exporters and consumers. I'm still not sure how valid his claims were, but not his concerns about the effects spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- "technicalese" for mad cow disease -- have on people. That's why I was alarmed to read that parts of cattle supposedly banned under rules enacted after the nation's first case of mad cow...