Probe: Questionable Meat Made It to U.S.

[Kadie]

Probe: Questionable Meat Made It to U.S.

Thursday February 17, 2005 1:01 AM


By LIBBY QUAID

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department allowed Canada to import 42,000 pounds of questionable meat into the United States despite restrictions in place since the discovery of mad cow disease in Canada, department investigators said Wednesday.

The investigation resulted from a federal judge's ruling last April preventing the department from expanding Canadian beef imports.

The agency's inspector general faulted agriculture officials for allowing more kinds of Canadian meat products into the United States before the judge's ruling. Such ``permit creep'' let in products that were at greater risk for the disease, the report said.

``There was reduced assurance that Canadian beef entering the United States was low-risk,'' the inspector general found. ``Some product with questionable eligibility, as described above, entered U.S. commerce.''

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[DenverDem]

1. I thought this was another guckert thread.

Equally disgusting, however.

[hippiechick]

3. You beat me to it !

:toast:

[donheld]

4. Probe: Questionable Meat Made It to U.S. White House?

is this where this is going?

[Lautremont]

2. At first I thought this was confirmation

that "Gannon" was Canadian after all.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. AFAIC its all dubious.

Eat your veggies. You will live longer and feel better.