The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
Govt Wants Less Mad Cow Testing
time.comFound 88 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 47 seconds agoThe Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority
Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
usatoday.comFound 87 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes, and 13 seconds agoWASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority. The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based ...
crooksandliars.com
This is a very interesting battle:
The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority. The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy demand from overseas customers in Japan and elsewhere.
But Creekstone attorney Russell Frye contended the Agriculture Department's regulations covering the treatment of domestic animals contain no prohibition against an individual company testing for mad cow disease, since the test is conducted only after a cow is slaughtered.
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transbuddha.com
A lovely Flickr set of photographs featuring chalk shadows . - Sweet!
Vanity Fair* has an excellent article on how Monsanto has upended the farming industry (for better and for worse) - Ah, a company with a track record like theirs can only be good, right?
Old but cool: Damn Interesting writes up the history of the Daedalus Starship - Way cooler than Jefferson Starship.
As awful a clusterf#@k was managed in the aftermath of Katrina, I feel so infinitely worse for Myanmar - When Burmese Offer a Hand, Rulers Slap It
But while we're on the subject of stupid government policies:
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badastronomy.com
Hat tip to Crooks and Liars for the purging article and the Mad Cow article .
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dubyad40.com
Time Magazine tries to explain: The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
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newsoftheweird.blogspot.com
Kansas's Creekstone Farms is still fighting the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture over its policy to test all its animals for mad-cow
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cryptogon.com
Via: Time :
The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Arkansas City, Kan.-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy demand from overseas customers in Japan and elsewhere.
Less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows are currently tested for the disease under Agriculture Department guidelines.
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leisureguy.wordpress.com
AP has this story showing how sincerely the Bush Administration opposes public health:
The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Arkansas City, Kan.-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy demand from overseas customers in Japan and elsewhere.
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guiltycarnivore.com
Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow . (AP/Yahoo! News)
The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
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michaelav.blogspot.com
Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
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projectforanewmythology.blogspot.com
Here's the article .
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thekatrinacrat.blogspot.com
The Bush administration tries to block Mad Cow testing by Meat packers -- Crooks and Liars
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makethemaccountable.com
Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
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caveatemptorblog.com
-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef tried to increase testing to reassure Japanese consumers, the Ag Dept. sued. Fortunately, some judges are smarter than all that and at least recognize the testing as a good thing for providing the consumer with more information. According to the Associated press larger meatpackers have opposed Creekstone's push to allow wider testing out of fear that consumer pressure (the free market) would force them to begin testing all animals too. Increased testing would raise the price of meat by a few cents per pound.
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krilefiles.wordpress.com
The Bush administration tries to block Mad Cow testing by Meat packers
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