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1.9.08 - New BSE Case in Canada Prompt Call for USDA to Put Hold on Beef Imports

New BSE Case in Canada Prompt Call for USDA to Put Hold on Beef Imports

The announcement by the Canadian government on Dec. 18 that a 12th case of BSE has been discovered has prompted two U.S. Senators to ask USDA to suspend a new rule it put into effect less than a month ago which allowed Canadian cattle older than 30 months to be imported into the U.S.

Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), in a letter to acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner, requested that such imports be suspended until the USDA fully implements Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat sold in the U.S.

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