U.S. Agriculture Department reduces testing for mad cow disease

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department is moving forward with a plan to reduce the number of tests for mad cow disease.

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns plans to announce Thursday a new level of testing for mad cow disease. Johanns said there is little justification for the current level, which rose to about 1,000 tests a day after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in 2003.

It cost an estimated $1 million a week to perform the tests on about one per cent of the 35 million cattle slaughtered last year in the United States.

Before that first U.S. case, the department was testing about 55 samples daily. Officials have said international guidelines set by the World Organization for Animal Health would call for the United States to perform about 110 tests a day.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Now there's a plan for you.....................

you ensure that you will NEVER find most cases if you eliminate most testing.......and never test anything that isn't outright DYING.

What a bunch of MORANS.

[tuvor]

2. Kicking and recommending. Let your DU buddies know!