FDA has yet to close loopholes in mad-cow regulation

[kayell]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040105/ts_usatoday/fdahasyettocloseloopholesinmadcowregulation

The Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) is under increased pressure to bolster its ban on the use of cattle remains in animal feed after the discovery last month of the first case of mad cow disease in the USA.

Contaminated feed is believed to be the primary means of mad-cow transmission. The FDA has not decided whether extra precautions are needed to protect U.S. cattle from the brain-wasting disease.


Since August 1997, FDA has banned the use of cattle remains as an ingredient in feed for other cows, goats and sheep. But there are plenty of loopholes. The FDA has been considering ways to close them since 2002 but has not done so.

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"Mostly it has to do with political will. We have lots of rules in place, but they're not enforced with any kind of vigor. There's a general feeling that there's nobody minding the store," says Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition and food studies at New York University and author of Safe Food. "Feeding cow parts to pigs, chickens and pets seems like asking for trouble," she says.

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[mopinko]

1. and don't forget

the new, "tough" rules that were quickly put into place, like banning downer cattle are TEMPORARY. they are in place only until new rules are passed through normal regulatory procedures. maybe it's just the sceptic in me, but i got a feeling there will be some softening.

[leftchick]

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[mopinko]

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[leftchick]

4. cool!

..... :) thanks!