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Consumers Union
USDA Opposition to Mad Cow Testing Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Competitive; Tests Could Resolve Korea Beef Trade Dispute
June 28th, 2008
Consumers Union calls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse itself and allow a Kansas based meatpacking company, Creekstone Farms, to test their slaughtered cows for mad cow disease. Last year, Creekstone won its suit against the agency for the right to test and label its meat as "tested for BSE." USDA appealed the ruling, arguing the same rapid test kits used by the agency to screen for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow, are "worthless" when used by a private company. The U.S. Court of Appeals is expected to rule shortly. "The best thing USDA could do would be to drop its anticompetitive, anti-consumer ban on voluntarily testing for mad cow...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-28)
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