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CU letter to USDA regarding asking for investigation in the BSE California case

BSE_Vilsack_5_20121.pdf | 165.5 kB
May 1, 2012
USDA’s announcement that a fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been identified in the United States, in a dairy cow in Central California, is a warning flag that current safeguards against BSE are not adequate and USDA should take additional steps to protect the health of animals and of the beef-eating public

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