QUOTE BY BURNT "I am interested in learning how Australia has gone about its BSE surveillance and testing program.
How did Australia handle the issue of cattle imported from Britain?"
No need to test for BSE if you are not importing from a suspect country. No Canadian beef, no USA beef, etc...
Sandhusker,
We are a nett exporter of beef, whereas US is nett importer :) You want clean beef, we got it. Our politicians - city-bred and city-raised - have no real hold on the subject, except to try to gain political points and cuddle an ally who can't feed its millions with its own produce...