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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (81545)	6/6/2007 7:07:22 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 93284

Existing tests don't claim to determine that the meat is BSE free, they give BSE contamination information on a statistical basis. From the USDA's statement "no live animal tests exist for BSE and the currently available postmortem tests, although useful for disease surveillance (i.e., in determining the rate of disease in the cattle population), are not appropriate as food safety indicators." The company wants to have the test so they can make people think their food is safer, when the test really shows no such thing. I'd let them do it anyway, but this isn't a simple morality tale with the company wanting to do the testing as the white hats, and the USDA as black hats. Its a complex issue, where people on both sides have reasonable points.