Article: TREAT MAD COW THREAT WITH GREATER URGENCY THE U.S. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT NEEDS A SWIFT KICK IN ITS PRIORITIES.(OPINION)(Editorial)

Article: 450 calves to be killed in mad cow scare; ...
The Washington Times;  January 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... first case of mad cow disease, as ... for the U.S. Agriculture Department, said yesterday ... States' first mad cow case. Formally ... annually. An Agriculture Department trade team last ... safeguards against mad cow disease, suggesting ...

Article: U.S. expands mad cow testing Agriculture ...
Oakland Tribune;  March 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department will expand its testing for mad cow disease to more ... year conducted mad cow tests on tissues ... DeHaven, the Agriculture Department's top veterinarian ... more cases of mad cow. DeHaven has ...

Article: MAD COW SEARCH IS OVER AGRICULTURE ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 10, 2004 ;     625 words ... ... Press WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is ending its search for additional cases of mad cow disease even though officials ... Washington state with mad cow after it was slaughtered ... million cattle are free of mad cow disease. The international ...

Article: New mad cow disease case possible: US ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 18, 2004 ;     357 words ...New mad cow disease case possible: US Agriculture Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A new mad cow disease case may have turned ... the United States, the US Agriculture Department said Thursday in a statement ...

Article: Agriculture Department cited plants for violating ...
AP Worldstream;  August 16, 2005 ;     668 words ... ... at preventing mad cow disease from reaching humans, the Agriculture Department said. No contaminated ... first case of mad cow disease in December ... which can carry mad cow disease _ be ... with age. The Agriculture Department said Monday it ...

Article: U.S. Agriculture Department still won't reveal ...
AP Worldstream;  June 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... why the U.S. Agriculture Department suddenly ordered ... declared free of mad cow disease seven ... positive Friday. The Agriculture Department's inspector ... On the Net: Agriculture Department's Mad Cow Website: http ...

Article: Agriculture Department investigators criticize ...
AP Worldstream;  March 30, 2004 ;     353 words ... ... Dateline: WASHINGTON The U.S. Agriculture Department's mad cow disease testing lab, located ... secure enough for storage of mad cow tissue samples, a department ... laboratory official that a mad cow tissue sample remained, the ...