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Article: NCBA Statement on USDA Announcement Regarding Inconclusive BSE Test Result; Jan Lyons, Cattle Producer, Manhattan, Kansas National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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- November 19, 2004
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MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- "Earlier this morning, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an inconclusive test result as part of its aggressive surveillance program to test cattle for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The USDA confirmed today that this animal did not enter the human food or animal feed supply. The USDA explained that this announcement does not mean the U.S. has another case of BSE.
"It is important to remember that the U.S. government and the beef industry have put science-based precautions in place over the past 15 years to ensure our beef remains safe from BSE.
"These initial screening tests ...