‘Meaningless’ B.S.E. testing hinders U.S. beef industry
Bryan Salvage
MEATPOULTRY.com
What is hindering a hungry world’s access to protein, driving up food costs and harming local economies, as well as the U.S. beef industry, are the combination of an overreliance on meaningless testing and a lack of focus on documenting the effectiveness of steps that are making significant inroads against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. So claimed Dr. Ulrich Kihm, a leading global expert on B.S.E., at a conference on Oct. 15 in Tokyo for Japan’s opinion leaders hosted by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
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