are you going to eat that?
poultry litter, milk replacer made from cows' blood, restaurant plate waste? yum!
Testing Changes Ordered After U.S. Mad Cow Case
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Despite the Agriculture Department's assurances, critics said the dispute revealed serious flaws in the testing regimen used here for 15 years.
"All this foot-dragging has got to stop," Michael K. Hansen, a senior research associate at Consumers Union, said excitedly.
"They waited seven months to do this test?" Dr. Hansen asked. "And they didn't even bother to write up a report?"
Like other critics, Dr. Hansen called for testing all animals over 20 months old, and for bans on feeding poultry litter that has spilled cattle meal in it back to cattle, giving calves "milk replacer" made from cattle blood and letting cows eat dried restaurant "plate waste."
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Testing Changes Ordered After U.S. Mad Cow Case
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Despite the Agriculture Department's assurances, critics said the dispute revealed serious flaws in the testing regimen used here for 15 years.
"All this foot-dragging has got to stop," Michael K. Hansen, a senior research associate at Consumers Union, said excitedly.
"They waited seven months to do this test?" Dr. Hansen asked. "And they didn't even bother to write up a report?"
Like other critics, Dr. Hansen called for testing all animals over 20 months old, and for bans on feeding poultry litter that has spilled cattle meal in it back to cattle, giving calves "milk replacer" made from cattle blood and letting cows eat dried restaurant "plate waste."
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