'Downer' cows no longer allowed in food supply

US - Sweeping new restrictions on slaughterhouse practices to further safeguard American beef -- including an immediate ban on so-called "downer" or sick cows entering the human food supply -- were announced yesterday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman.

Source: SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
calendar icon 31 December 2003
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