USDA will check more cattle

Introduction: Ann Veneman, the US Secretary of agriculture, said that the number of cattle tested for BSE by the Department of agriculture will double next year to more than 12500 USDA will also consider whether to introduce new federal regulations to reduce the possibility of human infection with BSE Ann Veneman pointed out that the bill would include banning meat processing plants from using animal brains and spinal cord to process food, and banning the use of certain devices for slaughtering cattle Scientists believe that when the brains and spinal cord of poultry infected with brain atrophy disease are crushed to make animal feed, the disease can spread among cattle The use of this feed was banned in the United States in 1997 Some meat processing plants use high-speed running equipment to extract edible tissue fibers from bones, and sometimes bring a small amount of bone debris from the spine and neck bones of cattle into the meat "We can't relax our vigilance," Veneman said in a statement "We must speed up these critical project studies Today, we are announcing a series of actions to establish our protection system." USDA will also consider strengthening regulations for the management of dead livestock on farms and pastures These dead cattle are thought to be a potential way to spread mad cow disease The U.S Meat Institute says the livestock industry has voluntarily complied with the regulations put forward by many countries, but these regulations must have scientific basis for the industry to support (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: