Meatpacker May Sue U.S. Over Cow Testing
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Creekstone Farms Premium Beef may hire former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and his law firm to sue the government for refusing to allow independent testing for mad cow disease, a company executive told Reuters.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this month rejected the small meatpacker’s request for permission to test all its cattle for mad cow disease so Creekstone could resume the sale of Angus beef to Japanese customers. The USDA has insisted that only the government can conduct tests to detect mad cow disease.
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