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Was Government Honest In Mad Cow Admission?

March 15, 2006 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

With all the talk of the Bird Flu we have taken our eye off the beef, but how quickly we gain focus once again when the issue we neglect becomes deadly to our survival. Mad Cow has raised its nasty head again and the government feels its no big deal, but what do you think? Should we be alerted immediately, or should we trust our safety to the government by believing that they will let us know when its time to worry?

While we sit and ponder this question the government is trying to trace the history of an Alabama cow that has now become the nation’s third case of mad cow disease. Investigators are also working to find out where the cow was born and raised and find any herd mates or offspring the cow may have been in contact with.

The government officials have advised that this animal did not enter the human food or animal feed chains, but many are still uneasy that the public was not alerted more promptly.

Many feel the issue was not a big story until the Bush Administration began speaking to Asian nations as a way to reassure them that U.S. beef is not dangerous. The United States was hammered a few years ago in regards to a Mad Cow scare and the beef industry is still trying to recover.

The reported cow was a Santa Gertrudis breed, which is a red-colored beef cow that lives well in warm climate regions throughout the southern United States.

Did the government err in the Mad Cow issue?

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