Organic producers after profits

US - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will test far more cattle for mad cow disease next year -- more than 250,000 animals at a public cost of $70 million. Will that make our beef safer? Probably not. Our beef already is safe. The $70 million is being spent to placate nervous consumers.

Source: Miami Herald
calendar icon 5 April 2004
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