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Article: Agriculture Department cited plants for violating mad-cow rules
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- August 16, 2005
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LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
08-16-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Inspectors have found more than 1,000 violations of rules aimed at preventing mad cow disease from reaching humans, the Agriculture Department said. No contaminated meat reached consumers, the agency said.
The rules were created in response to the nation's first case of mad cow disease in December 2003.
They require that brains, spinal cords and other nerve parts _ which can carry mad cow disease _ be removed when older cows are slaughtered. The at-risk tissues are removed from cows older than 30 months because infection levels are believed to rise with age.
The Agriculture Department said Monday it had cited ...