Has the USDA gone mad?

[cowman]

Perhaps you are right rsomer. I rechecked the forum and it seems the moderator yanked it!
The sight is "talk agriculture.com"
I see they have another post up claiming figures from Reuters News Service: Out of 620 USDA cows condemned for nervous system type symtoms only about 40 were tested for BSE! I wonder if there is any truth to that?

[rsomer]

Rpkaiser: For information on CBEF see: http://www.cbef.com/CBEF_int.htm

[jensend]

how much more value would be added to the carcass if all animals were tested? this is a question that is irrelevant to our limited kill capacity. it goes right to the heart of the economics of cattle slaughter. the offal woud gain value right away and some of the slaughter practices that have been introduced in the last fourteen months would be unnecessary. if the benefits outweigh the costs of testing and handling it would appear that our packers are willing to make an investment of our money to keep the border closed. it isn't just increased profits for them; it's a confiscation of our equity. maybe our politicians and industry leaders need to get tougher with these a**holes. doesn't anybody in abp, cca or ssga (and i'm not renewing until they pull their heads out) bother to think critically about what's happening????