US reports on mad cow violations
Thursday, 18/08/2005
The United States Department of Agriculture reports more than 1,000 violations of mad cow disease rules in the past 17 months.
The figures were released after freedom of information requests from US consumer groups, who now say rules introduced to try to protect humans from mad cow disease are not working.
The USDA says most packing plants are following the rules, as the figures only represent one per cent of animals slaughtered.
