GeneThera

[cowman]

The company with the live blood test is finally getting some help getting their test regulated. The USDA has announced they will be testing the test so to speak at their labs in Iowa.
Finally some light at the end of the tunnel?

[kato]

They should be testing it in a country like France or Japan, where all slaughtered animals are tested after slaughter. Then they could compare the blood test with the final result.

It would probably knock years off the time it takes to get approval.

[ValueChainFX]

good plan!

[kato]

For more info on what kind of tests are being used, check out
www.w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci/BSE/BSE_Tests.htm

I think this is a university website.

[jensend]

heres an article on what upi finally got from usda. note that they got the statisics on number of tests but so far usda has withheld test results

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040114-041124-1470r

[kato]

WOW. That's an eye-opener.

After giving it some thought though, I'm not really that surprised. Once again the big boys are being left alone, while the smaller operators are targeted.

I also can't help but wonder why the one and only animal tested in the State of Washington in the entire year was a Canadian one. It's enough to make a person take up conspiracy theory as a hobby.

[jensend]

what's interesting is that when they finally got around to testing an animal in the state of washington it was a canadian cow that tested positive. somebody can calculate the probability of that.

[jensend]

sorry kato - i'm a little slow. doing chores after i posted the link it hit me the same as you realized and i couldn't wait to share my wisdom.

[kato]

It looks like a job for Fox Mulder.

[Horse]

If this is a blood test as I understand dosent it mean if it can be found in the blood it is not also in the muscle. This may be far worse than the current tests.