U.S. Mad Cow Rule Relaxed for Human Foods, Cosmetics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has relaxed a new rule that will allow the use of certain material derived from cattle to be used in human foods and cosmetics, the agency said in a statement issued Tuesday. The rule prohibits the use of cattle-derived materials that could carry the infectious agent for "mad cow" disease, medically called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Source: klastv.com
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