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Why would USDA fight this?

OldDog/NewTricks

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USDA reviewing federal court's ruling on BSE testing

By Tom Johnston on 3/30/2007 for Meatingplace.com

CCS Poultry LLC
USDA has 60 days to decide whether to appeal a federal judge's ruling that allows Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to test its cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

USDA spokesman Keith Williams told Meatingplace.com that the agency is reviewing the decision.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled Thursday that the government doesn't have the authority to regulate BSE testing, though he stayed the order so USDA has time to appeal the decision. If the agency doesn't do so by June 1, the order will immediately take effect, paving the way for other U.S. meatpackers to test animals for the disease as well.

Creekstone, based in Arkansas City, Kan., filed the complaint in March 2006, seeking the right to test 100 percent of its animals for BSE in an effort to reassure its customers, especially those that closed their markets to U.S. beef after the first U.S. discovery of BSE in 2003, that its product was safe for human consumption. (See Creekstone sues USDA over BSE testing, Meatingplace.com, March 24, 2006.)
 
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Anonymous

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For the same reason they didn't let Creekstone test in the first place- the Big Boys of Packerworld don't want to let them get a marketing advantage...And USDA management is deep in the pocket of Tyson/Cargill/Swift etal..... :(
 
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