usual suspect wrote:

> Beach Runner wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/op...html?th&emc=th
>>
>> The New York Times
>> August 13, 2005
>> Safer Beef
>>
>> Fears of another case of mad cow disease in the United States have
>> faded for the time being because tests on the most recent suspect
>> animal came back negative.
>
>
> Two positive BSE cattle in all of US history. That's two cattle out of
> ~120,000,000 in just the last three years, or a known infection rate of
> 0.000001667% over that period. Any fears over such infinitesimal odds
> are irrational.

Ignored over the fact is that whistle blowers offer to take lie detector
tests, to show that the tests are farces and don't meet standards. They
also wouldn't allow an importer of Japanese beef to test each animal to
meet their safety standards.

It is also well known that many cattle feeders are either ignorant of
the law, or simply disobey to increase profit. It's not the biggest
danger, cancer and heart disease are much larger dangers.