The USDA has a Congressional mandate to control the spread of animal diseases in our herd. In opening the border to Canadian OTMs, they estimate that they will be bringing in over 100 BSE positive animals. (And this is the estimate of the same people who said Canada's feed ban was effective in 1999.) They aren't going to test any of the animals who they know will be bringing in BSE, and the OIE, the organization that they tout as having authority on the subject, says our feed ban is not adequate to stop the spread of BSE. Considering the above, can anybody explain how their actions could possibly be justified?