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Friday, January 30, 2004
News Tribune
U.S. doesn't plan to expand mad cow testing
Les Blumenthal
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Plus this brief Open Mike piece:
I was reading in the paper about mad cow disease and the bans on the export of our beef. It seems that many beef producers are going to take a loss in the end, so why don't they donate some of that good beef to our food banks?
Yes, believe it or not, there are still homeless and hungry people in America. Donate it to Americans.
Robert Redell, Lakewood
New York Times - Mad Cow Section did not have any stories today. They did run a few related wire stories outside the special section.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
USDA rejects calls to test younger cows
Mad cow disease unlikely to show up before 30-month cutoff, agency says
By PHUONG CAT LE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Seattle Times
Mad-cow investigation raises fears about transfusions
By Carol M. Ostrom and Jonathan Martin
Seattle Times staff reporters
Graphic on Banned Cow Parts and How Cow Parts are Used
The Washington Post had a brief.
about the Bush administration seeking $60 million to fund a national cattle identification system and other programs related to preventing mad cow.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Mad Cow Disease Raises Safety Issues Beyond the Kitchen By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
"Calculating the risk in rendered products is far more complicated than assessing it in meat."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Another outbreak, new food concerns from the PI Editorial Board
"The bird flu outbreak serves up a fresh dish of worry. The run of food-related concerns suggests we ought to think more deeply about how we are raising animals."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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Wall Street Journal
`Modified' Label to Debut --- Stores in Sweden to Sell Beer With Biotech Ingredients, Testing Consumer Reaction
"The first product carrying a label warning it contains genetically modified ingredients is about to hit Swedish retail outlets, offering a glimpse at how Europeans will react to mandatory biotech-food labeling rules that take effect ..."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Nothing new in the Washington Post today.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
Pay higher prices to test all beef? Sure, survey finds By Les Blumenthal
"A national survey released Tuesday showed 70 percent of Americans would like to see increased testing of cattle even if it meant higher meat prices."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Blood Transfusion Suspected in New Mad Cow Case in Britain By Alicia Ault
"A Food and Drug Administration policy banning the feeding of cattle blood to calves was partly based on a new case of mad cow disease in which a Briton may have been infected through a blood transfusion."
Squeaky Clean? Not Even Close By Amanda Hesser
The American kitchen is a far greater health risk than is mad cow disease.
Brazilian Poultry Profits From Flu in Asia By Tony Smith
"The share prices of Brazil's top poultry exporters are soaring, lifted first by a case of mad cow disease in the United States, and now rocketing as flocks in Thailand are decimated by the deadly avian flu sweeping Asia."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cattle feed is often a sum of animal parts By Lewis Kamb
"And because of that, new limits don't go far enough, say activists."
Beef supply should be safer still PI Editorial Board
"With new federal action, America's beef supply will become safer. But a country that considers itself the best meat producer in the world must do more."
Plus several wire offerings.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
So far, no evidence links mad-cow to milk supply By Judith Blake
Many major health agencies agree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's statement saying studies indicate milk cannot transmit BSE to humans.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
Ag Secretary Veneman tells Congress of department's goals By Jimmie Presley
"The federal government is pushing to test more cows, faster, for mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told Congress on Tuesday."
The Spokesman-Review also ran two AP stories.
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Wall Street Journal
McDonald's Makeover --- CEO Cantalupo's Focus on Improving Food and Service Sparks Turnaround; Catering to the Low-Carb Crowd By Shirley Leung
In spite of mad-cow disease, resurrected MacDonald's executive, Jim Cantalupo presses on with his plan, tinkering with recipes of old favorites and launching a new global tagline, "I'm lovin' it" while adding some low-carb items to the menu.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Cattle Futures Trades Probed in Business in Brief
"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing cattle futures trades that took place between Dec. 9, when the animal with the first U.S. case of mad cow disease was slaughtered, and Dec. 23, when the case was disclosed."
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
Suspect cows out of reach? By Les Blumenthal
"Federal officials said Monday that investigators might never find all of the cattle imported from a Canadian herd linked to mad cow disease."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Rules Issued on Animal Feed and Use of Disabled Cattle By Denise Grady and Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Human Brains Examined for Clues About Mad Cow By Sandra Blakeslee
"If Americans develop a disease like the human form of mad cow that worries millions of Europeans, Dr. Pierluigi Gambetti may be the man to find it."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cattle blood banned from feed By Phuong Cat Le
Some body parts also to be kept out to protect against mad cow disease
A month of mad cow
A graphic explaining "What's Taking so Long..."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
FDA toughens rules to cut mad-cow risks By Sandi Doughton
"The federal government yesterday bolstered the feed rules that are considered the most important "firewall" against the spread of mad-cow disease and announced new regulations to keep the infection out of food, cosmetics and nutritional supplements"
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Wall Street Journal
U.S. Investigates Cattle Trades
By John R. Wilke
"Federal regulators are investigating whether some commodity traders last month had advance knowledge that the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease was confirmed in Washington state."
U.S. to Give Up on Mad-Cow Search --- Failure to Find Rest of Herd May Stymie Export Efforts; FDA Closes Safety Loopholes By Scott Kilman and Anna Wilde Mathews
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will probably close its mad-cow investigation in several days or a few weeks without finding many of the cattle at highest risk of carrying the disease."
Tyson Boosts Earnings by 46%, Despite Charges Due to Beef Ban By Scott Kilman
"Tyson Foods Inc., America's biggest meat processor, took a fiscal first-quarter charge of $39 million related to mad-cow disease, as it predicted that the two main importers of U.S. beef -- Japan and South Korea -- probably won't reopen their borders for up to six months from now."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Ban on Meat From 'Downers' Grows By Shankar Vedantam
"Meat from "downer" cattle will be prohibited from canned soups, pizzas, dietary supplements and cosmetics, the federal government said yesterday, announcing a series of new measures to strengthen protections against mad cow disease."
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Monday, January 26, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
Mad cow crisis has been a no-win situation for Bush administration By Les Blumenthal
"The Bush administration has come under fire from all sides as it struggles to deal with the fallout from the first case of mad cow disease in the United States."
Also on tribnet.com:
Legislature might have to wait on Congress for mad cow action By Chris Mulick of The Tri-City Herald
"With the federal government controlling the investigation and Congress monopolizing the debate over what so-called "downer" cows can be used for after they are slaughtered, the state Legislature seems resigned to take only baby steps."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
New York Times went with wire today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times went with wire today.
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Wall Street Journal
Mad-Cow Worries May Force Change In Rules for Feed By Anna Wilde Mathews and Sarah Lueck
"The Bush administration, under pressure to further reduce the risk of mad-cow disease, is preparing to tighten rules on animal feed, as well as human food and dietary supplements."
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Sunday, January 25, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
We still want beef - naturally By Barbara Clements
"onsumers are showing their confidence in the beef industry, and sales levels are holding at groceries and restaurants."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
New York Times went with wire today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Farming is a net-loss proposition -- ecologically, socially and economically By John Volpe
"From the perspective of the specialist, it is a mixed blessing when the world turns its attention to your chosen area of endeavor."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Town Remains Bullish on Fried Cow Brains by Kari Lydersen
"Evansville, Ind., is a place where "people just like to eat deep-fried cow-brain sandwiches..." Nothing will make them give up the high-cholesterol delicacies. Not even fears of mad cow disease."
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Friday, January 23, 2004
The New York Times had one brief and several wire stories on the topic.
National Briefing: Northwest
OREGON: COW TRACKING EXPANDS The investigation tracking cattle from the Canadian herd of the first cow in the United States found to have mad cow disease has expanded outside Washington State. Department of Agriculture officials said that one cow from the herd had been found at a dairy in Boardman, which is near the Washington border in central Oregon. State agriculture officials responded by halting movement of cattle to and from the dairy. The officials said the cow had not been imported with the infected cow but had been part of a later shipment. Matthew Preusch (NYT)
INTERNATIONAL |
Health Jitters Shortening China’s Menus
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News
NEWS |
USDA Finds Herdmates of Mad Cow Animal in Idaho
By REUTERS (Reuters) News
INTERNATIONAL |
U.S., Japan Discuss Mad Cow Measures
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News
NEWS |
Japan, U.S. No Closer on End to Mad Cow Beef Ban
By REUTERS (Reuters) News
NEWS |
USDA Finds Herdmates of Mad Cow Animal in Idaho
By REUTERS (Reuters) News
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Lab challenges usual theory on mad cow
'These diseases are real, fundamental scientific mysteries'
By TOM PAULSON
Two Letters to the Editor
-Animals' and public's health safeguarded
Keith Pearce
Vice chairman, Washington State Beef Commission
Pasco
-Scaremongers, not beef, the real problem
Daniel Mindus
Senior analyst, Center for Consumer Freedom
Washington, D.C.
Tacoma News Tribune ran an AP story about supermarkets using customer cards to inform consumers about recalls.
Washington Post had one brief mention of mad cow today.
Senate Passes Funding As Democrats Relent
By Helen Dewar
Thursday, January 22, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
Mad cow investigation spreads to Oregon By Les Blumenthal
"he search for cattle from a Canadian herd linked to mad cow disease has spread as federal investigators have located one of the animals at a facility in eastern Oregon. "
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Administration Backs a Food-Labeling Delay By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
"...Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said Wednesday that she supported a two-year delay in the program..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
U.S. trying to reopen overseas beef markets By Charles Pope
"he government is working hard to persuade trading partners to reopen markets to U.S. beef, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told a House committee yesterday."
Went with AP coverage of Oregon dairy.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
House panel cool to 'downer' ban By Alex Fryer
"Four weeks after a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) arrived at a slaughterhouse in Moses Lake, food safety has became a major focus on Capitol Hill."
Went with AP coverage of Oregon dairy.
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Wall Street Journal
Japan Restaurants Push to Resume U.S. Beef Imports By Ichiko Fuyuno
"When U.S. health and agricultural officials try to push Tokyo this week to resume buying American beef, they are likely to face tough resistance from the Japanese government. But they will also find vocal support from Japan's $117 billion restaurant industry."
U.S. Expects to Complete Search For Highest-Risk Cattle in Weeks By Sarah Lueck and Scott Kilman
"Agriculture Secretary said she expects to complete the search for cattle at highest risk for carrying mad-cow disease in a "matter of weeks," not months, a necessary step to reopen international beef markets."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Agriculture Department Plans Cattle Identification System By Marc Kaufman
"The Agriculture Department wants to implement a nationwide cattle identification system as a way to better track the nation's herd after the discovery of the nation's first known case of mad cow disease."
New Restaurant Entry in Pinecrest Plaza Is the Place to Go for Beef By Domenica Marchetti
"Foxfire Grill - What many come for is the restaurant's beef -- a grilled 18-ounce cowboy steak; a slow-roasted, 10-ounce choice cut of prime rib; pan-seared sirloin medallions. No fear of mad cow disease here. "
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Wednesday, January 21, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
They've no beef with this meat by Bart Ripp
"When news arrived Dec. 23 that a 6 1/2-year-old Washington state cow had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, the Meat Shop, and its organic beef, became an oasis."
USDA ban affects traditional items on Mexican menus by Bart Ripp
New regulations mean "no more tacos de sesos (brains) or menudo made with tripas (tripe, or a cow's stomach lining) at the more authentic Mexican restaurants in the South Sound."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Senate Democrats Delay Approval of Major Spending Bill by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
"Democrats object ...country-of-origin labeling for supermarket meat and produce."
Plus several wire stories.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
FDA finds animal proteins in feed grain by Chris McGann
"20 shipments from Canada were tainted."
Plus several AP stories.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
The Spokesman review again requested readers to submit questions to WSU food safety expert, Val Hillers.
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Wall Street Journal
Confidence in Beef Hasn't Flagged --- Stable North American Sales Show Mad-Cow Fallout Differs From Europe, Japan
By Shirley Leung
"Consumers in Europe and Japan lost their appetite for beef when mad-cow disease turned up in their herds, but so far Americans and Canadians keep reaching for the red meat."
Farm Economy Seems to Absorb Impact of First Mad-Cow Case
By Scott Kilman
"The farm economy appears to be absorbing the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease without falling back into the recession from which it just emerged."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Senate Democrats Stall $328 Billion Spending Bill by Helen Dewar
Food labeling named as factor.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The Whole Cow and Nothing but the Whole Cow By Verlyn Klinkenborg
Editorial Observer piece.
Also ran two AP stories today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Budgetary earmarking: key projects — or pork? by Alex Fryer
How mad cow might derail the omnibus spending bill.
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Wall Street Journal
Is Kosher Meat Safer to Eat? By Robert J. Davis
"In a survey last year, 29% of consumers cited as reasons for buying kosher "the guidelines under which they are produced," "they are good products" or "they are safer/healthier," compared with only 8% who said they keep kosher."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Poll Finds Support For Food Labeling
"Congressional proponents of a law mandating country-of-origin labels on food will try this week to block delay of the program by citing a new private poll saying 82 percent of American consumers want the labels."
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Monday, January 19, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
Mad cow a top issue for state delegation by Les Blumenthal
"... lawmakers returning to Congress this week will be looking for ways to calm consumer concerns and persuade 40 or so countries to lift their bans on U.S. beef."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The Times went with wire today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
The Spokesman Review offers a reader-interactive option today inviting questions for WSU food-safety expert, Val Hillers.
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Wall Street Journal
From a story about Bush's proposed State of the Union speech -
"The USDA also announced that Mr. Bush is proposing to spend $178 million to renovate an animal-disease laboratory in Iowa. The lab has been in the forefront of the search for mad-cow disease in the U.S., which has roiled the cattle industry. And to dramatize Mr. Bush's wartime commitment, the Treasury Department says he is proposing a 13% funding increase for the lead agency fighting terror financing, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, to $64.5 million."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Nothing in the Washington Post today.
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Sunday, January 18, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The Times went with wire today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The PI publishes jointly with the Seattle Times on Sundays.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Just a brief today mentioning negative initial testing results from Sunny Dene Ranch.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Steps to Safer Beef? By Margaret Webb Pressler
Much of What Advocates Propose, Cattlemen and Government Oppose
Not Having a Cow Over Mad Cow. What Gives? By Michael Fumento
"The announcement of mad cow disease is the sort of health scare that would normally have us fear-sensitized Americans reacting in a panic. So why aren't we out protesting hamburger restaurants or making like the French and dumping manure in McDonald's parking lots?"
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Nothing in the Times today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mabton residents try to beef up spirits by Mike Lewis
Some speak wistfully of the time just three weeks ago, before prion awareness.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Hunt for infected cows leaves out 'slaughter auctions' By Ray Rivera
"Since the diseased Holstein was found in the Yakima Valley on Dec. 23, hundreds of milk cows in the region have been sold to slaughter with no checks to ensure they were not a part of the original Canadian herd shipped south with the infected animal."
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Wall Street Journal
Cattle Prices Climb to Limit As Beef Consumption Continues by Jim Cote
Cattle futures rallied to their daily price limit on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as packers sought supplies to satisfy strong underlying demand for beef, traders and analysts said.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Peer Review Plan Draws Criticism By Rick Weiss
Under Bush Proposal, OMB Would Evaluate Science Before New Rules Take Effect - (only peripherally related)
Nation in Brief - advises another an additional herd in Washington state has been placed under quarantine.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune went with wire today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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The Times went with wire today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
'Made in the USA': Views on food label bill vary By Phuong Cat Le
"Do consumers need labels that specify where their meat was raised and slaughtered?"
La Conner pulls beef off the school menu By M.L. Lyke
La Conner Schools Superintendent opts to temporarily suspend beef in school lunches. Dairy farmers and cattle ranchers aren't happy.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Food fears: How to find real, useful information By Judith Blake
Butchers not as helpful, nor as informed, as they could be.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
More cattle die in mad cow fight by Kevin Graman
"Local burger-slinger doesn't see much effect the USDA activities are having on the Wilbur economy."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Starved for Reform By Susanne Freidberg
"After mad cow disease, we could learn a few things about food regulation and retailing from Europe."
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune went with wire today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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The Times went with wire today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Lawmakers ready to get back to work By Angela Galloway and Jennifer Lloyd
Controversial topics - including Mad Cow Disease - on Washington legislative agenda.
The PI also ran several wire stories today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Eateries take some beef-part items off menu By Carol M. Ostrom
Tacos and some other restaurant favorites affected by ban on inclusion of small intestine parts from cattle more than 29 months old.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
Nethercutt hears from ranchers by Kevin Graman
"U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt got an earful from cattlemen on Monday as he toured Eastern Washington to hear from ranchers buffeted by the discovery in the state of a dairy cow infected with mad cow disease."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Cow and A By Karen Pallarito (Special to Washington Post)
What's the Chance of Finding a Mad Cow Burger on Your Plate?
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Monday, January 12, 2004
********Additional Resource********
PROFNET: Mad Cow Disease
Profnet has set up a list of experts who can discuss mad cow disease. They have updated this list several times.
Registration to use Profnet is free but required to use this list or submit any other query.
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News Tribune - Tacoma
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Mad-cow search a painstaking process By Les Blumenthal
"Federal investigators are doing it the old-fashioned way as they search Washington state for cattle from a Canadian herd linked to mad cow disease."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Nothing in the New York Times today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Pet owners worry about safety of dog and cat food By Julie Davidow
"Pet owners are wondering whether their pets' bowls are filled with a potentially deadly product."
'Super Bowl' of stock shows undeterred by mad-cow news By Lewis Kamb
"Plenty of talk about disease but little concern for industry."
Poster child for a safer meat industry By Robert L. Jamieson Jr.
Since E.Coli - "meat industry critics have been sounding a steady alarm, calling current meat testing "inadequate." They say mad cow is in U.S. cattle but has gone undetected because federal inspections are so lax. "
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Seattle Times went with two AP stories today.
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Wall Street Journal
Mad-Cow Toll In U.K. Is Less Than Feared By By Gautam Naik
Britain has had far fewer cases of vCJD than scientists predicted in 1996.
As U.S. Pleads Mad-Cow Case, Its Past Hurts By Scott Kilman and Tamsin Carlisle
"As a ban on U.S. beef exports stretches into a third week, American meatpackers are beginning to lay off workers and the federal government plans to kill another 129 dairy cattle as part of its hunt for cattle infected with mad-cow disease."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Nothing in the Post this morning.
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Sunday, January 11, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune went with several AP stories today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Cattle Futures? By Michael Pollan
Eating an American hamburger today is less appetizing than it was last month.
Daschle, Democrats' Leader, Faces Tough Race in South Dakota By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
"Senator Daschle called a news conference to demand that the White House immediately require country-of-origin labeling for supermarket beef."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Loyalty cards plus legwork can track beef buying By Carol M. Ostrom
"The information tracked by the card will reveal that you bought ground beef on a specific date, but it won't necessarily tell you, without further sleuthing by the store, whether it happens to be recalled meat."
The issues to watch in the Legislature this year By Andrew Garber
Washington legislator Hans Dunshee says probably not.
Food-recall system lacks bite By Sandi Doughton
The USDA doesn't have the authority to recall contaminated meat.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Assessing Risks of Mad Cow By Shankar Vedantam
Other Animals Likely Infected, Scientists Say
Amid Mad-Cow Fear, Worries in Md. Death By Elizabeth Williamson
"Lack of Autopsies Hampers Research. Since the nation's first known case of mad cow disease was reported, a Silver Spring woman's death has newly worried her colleagues and friends."
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******* Additional Resource*******
From Stateline (politics and news - state by state)
Economy & business: State officials inclined to go slow on mad cow legislation
The recent case of so-called mad cow disease found in a cow in Washington state last month is prompting state lawmakers to scrutinize their policies on livestock health, but most are taking a wait-and-see approach to any new state-level legislation.
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Saturday, January 10, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Editorial - Coming to Terms With the Problem of Global Meat By Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Friday, January 09, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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Again, the News Tribune went with wire.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Australian Sees a Future for Beef, Mad Cow or No By Wayne Arnold
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
More 'bad food news' goes down easy for consumers By Claudie Rowe
"Word that salmon has joined the lengthening list of suspect foods -- right after disease-prone cows and mercury-laden tuna."
On Food: A season for all things -- food included By Hsiao-Ching Chou
Many foods put our health at risk.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Get mad: Test every cow by guest columnist Andrew Knight, Seattle-based veterinarian
No local mad-cow coverage in Friday's Seattle Times.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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The Spokesman Review went with three AP stories today.
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Wall Steet Journal
Pressured Abroad, U.S. May Widen Mad-Cow Testing By Scott Kilman in Chicago and Tamsin Carlisle in Calgary, Alberta
"The U.S. beef industry's resistance to broader testing of cattle for mad-cow disease appears to be cracking in the face of Japan's two-week-old ban on U.S. beef."
Mad-Cow Scare Thins the Herd At Cattle Auction --- In a Big South Dakota Barn, Organizers Press Ahead; `A Little Hesitant Here' By Michael J. McCarthy
"The auction was making a bold attempt to stage one of the first large cattle sales in the country since last month's discovery of mad-cow disease in the U.S."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
At Iowa Cattle Auction, No One Bids for President By T.R. Reid
"All over the midwestern cattle belt, in fact, farmers have "done pretty good" this week as the livestock auctions move into their busiest season for sales of yearling calves."
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Thursday, January 08, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune went with an AP story today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Mad Cow Case Heightens Debate on Food Labeling By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
"Tom Daschle, the Senate Democratic leader, called for the Bush administration to require that supermarket meat carry country-of-origin labels immediately."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Family ate beef from recalled batch By Lewis Kamb and Phuong Cat Le
"A Mercer Island man has learned from QFC that the ground beef he cooked 18 days ago was meat since linked to the slaughtered Holstein with the nation's only known case of mad cow disease."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
No local stories in today's Seattle Times.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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No mad cow in school chow by Kristen Kromer
"Officials assure beef in region's lunch programs is safe to eat."
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Wall Steet Journal
Cattle Futures Stage Rebound On Hopes for Beef-Ban Lifting
By Jim Cote
"Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rebounded to their daily limit amid hopes that importing nations will lift their bans on U.S. beef since tests prove infected cow was born in Canada."
Cattlemen Saddle Up for Duels Over Rules --- Mad-Cow Case Sets a High Noon With Consumer Groups Over Livestock Tracking, Testing By Sarah Lueck
"As the government wrestles with whether to take more-aggressive action against mad-cow disease, a powerful counterforce looms in its path: the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, which is preparing to beat back any attempts to increase regulation of its business."
As U.S. Pleads Mad-Cow Case, Past Practices Are a Handicap --- Quick to Close Its Borders, Nation Is in Odd Position To Ask Others to Lift Bans
By Steve Stecklow in London and Scott Kilman in Chicago
"Days after the U.S. reported its first-ever case of mad-cow disease last month, American trade representatives rushed to Tokyo to try to persuade what had been the biggest foreign buyer of U.S. beef to lift its emergency import ban."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Importers Won't Take Shipments Of U.S. Beef By Jonathan Weisman and Margaret Webb Pressler
Japan, South Korea Unyielding on Ban
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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune went with wire today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Test Confirms Infected Cow Was Born on Canada Farm By Elizabeth Becker
"Federal officials said on Tuesday that genetic tests had confirmed that the cow found to have had mad cow disease was born on a dairy farm in Alberta, Canada."
Trade Curbs Affect More Than Ranchers By Bernard Simon
"A range of farm businesses, from trucking companies to auctioneers, are adjusting to the loss of what had been both a huge export market and a valued supplier."
The SARS Scare in China: Slaughter of the Animals By Jim Yardley
"nimal control officers in masks and smocks confiscated 148 animals, including civet cats, which some scientists believe are SARS carriers."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Veneman vows continued efforts for safety By Mike Lewis
"Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman talks to the P-I about how the government is safeguarding the nation's food supply in the wake of the mad-cow scare. "
Cow confirmed born in Canada By Phuong Cat Le
"Herd of calves is put down after her offspring can't be singled out."
Recalling toys, but not meat Seattle P-I Editorial Board
The government can order recalls of toys, trucks and treadmills, but not food.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Consumers now more interested in where — and how — their beef was raised By Judith Blake
"An Enumclaw couple are considering raising beef for their own table... A Seattle woman is taking the opposite tack: She's on the lookout for great beef buys... "
Standards differ for beef brands
Here are some alternative brands of beef available in the Seattle area, along with summaries of how these companies describe their beef.
450 calves in herd killed in mad-cow scare by Warren King and Ray Rivera
"The first large-scale slaughter of cattle was carried out yesterday..."
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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The Spokesman Review went with three AP articles today.
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Wall Steet Journal
The full-text of these articles will be posted later. In the interim, ask a researcher if you'd like a full-text copy.
Canadian Mad-Cow Link Is Proved by Scott Kilman and Tamsin Carlisle
"DNA testing confirmed that the Washington state cow infected with mad-cow disease came from Canada, a development that allows the U.S. beef industry to shift blame north but probably won't appease many countries enough to lift their bans..."
Biz brief: "Wendy's U.S. restaurants have remained strong since the first case of mad-cow disease was reported..."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
DNA Tests Trace Infected Holstein to Canada By Shankar Vedantam and Deneen L. Brown
"DNA tests prove that a Washington state Holstein cow found infected with mad cow disease was born and likely infected in Canada, U.S. and Canadian government officials said on Tuesday."
Food Labeling, Act 2: Push Prompted by Mad Cow Case Could Hinder Spending Bill
By Helen Dewar and Dan Morgan
"The nation's first reported case of mad cow disease has pumped new life into congressional efforts to require country-of-origin labeling of beef and other foods. It also could complicate passage of a spending bill for most federal agencies when Congress reconvenes in two weeks."
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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450 calves to die - one might have disease By David Whitney
450 young bull calves where the offspring of a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease was traced to be destroyed.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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What's a Canadian Cow? Trade Blurred Distinctions By Sarah Kershaw and Bernard Simon
"he beef industry's effort to distinguish American cattle from Canadian cattle has drawn criticism from Canadian ranchers and cattle industry officials."
With Diseased Animals, Disposal Isn't Simple By Denise Grady
"hough scientists argue over what exactly causes mad cow, they agree it is devilishly hard to destroy."
Human Mad Cow Toll Up By The New York Times
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Beef rules have been stricter for school lunches: But 'downer cows' could be in meat used elsewhere By Julie Davidow
Meat from sick cows can't be served in school lunches -- but it can still be sold in stores and served in restaurants.
Diseased cow's calf among herd of 449 to be killed By Lewis Kamb
An entire herd of calves will be killed because it contains a month-old offspring of the Holstein that tested positive for mad cow.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Beef market still strong at auction by Ray Rivera
An aging Holstein dairy cow, its milk-giving years over and its black and white hide matted with mud, is ushered into the livestock arena by a pair of handlers sporting plastic
450 calves to be killed as mad-cow precaution by Sandi Doughton
A herd of 450 calves at a Sunnyside feedlot will be the first animals destroyed
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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Spokesman Review went with wire today.
Wall Steet Journal
Managers Are Starting To Loosen Budgets As Optimism Grows By Carol Hymowitz
Restaurant owners are optomistic in spite of mad cow disease. Customers aren't canceling reservations or changing their diets.
U.S. Set to Begin Killing of Cattle Under Quarantine By Scott Kilman
The Agriculture Department said it will begin killing 450 cattle, the first out of the thousands of animals held under quarantine in its mad-cow investigation.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
450 Calves in Washington State to Be Killed This Week By Marc Kaufman
"Herd Includes Offspring of Animal With Mad Cow Disease; Officials Say Move Is Cautionary"
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******* Additional Resource*******
Poynter Online - Mad Cow Resources
The transcripts Jonathan Dube has posted, along with a link to the USDA chronology of the investigation, may be of value.
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Monday, January 05, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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Will new beef rules help? By Les Blumenthal
"Safety measures designed to reassure U.S. consumers are also meant to convince other countries that imports are safe."
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Mad Cow Forces Beef Industry to Change Course By Michael Moss, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Simon Romero
"The discovery of mad cow disease in the U.S. is forcing the beef industry to accept regulation it has long fought."
Editorial Observer -Holstein Dairy Cows and the Inefficient Efficiencies of Modern Farming By Verlyn Klinkenborg
It makes greater financial, ethical and social sense if we subscribe to the cows' notions of efficiency, rather than to ours.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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Published only wire articles today.
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Wall Steet Journal
Third Herd of Cattle Is Quarantined --By Joseph T. Hallinan and Tamsin Carlisle
Mad-Cow Investigators Find a Dozen of 82 Animals That Crossed From Canada
"...the government has located about a dozen of the 82 cattle that crossed the border from Canada more than two years ago. The whereabouts of the other 70 cattle remain unknown. Among those animals being sought is the mother of the infected cow that was discovered last month..."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
The Post offered only wire and a small biz item today.
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Sunday, January 04, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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The News Tribune published wire today.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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Jumble of Tests May Slow Mad Cow Solution by Sandra Blakeslee
The universe of testing for mad cow disease is murky, with the extent, nature and reliability of testing varying from country to country.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
Mad-cow case stirs confusion over two diseases linked by name by Julia Sommerfeld
People who's loved-ones have died from CJD wonder if the disease may have been caused by beef.
Clearing up CJD confusion
Q&A on the key differences between classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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The Spokesman Review ran only an AP story on Sunday.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
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Scientists Weigh Risks of Beef by David Brown
Muscle Alone Found Unlikely to Carry Mad Cow Disease
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Saturday, January 03, 2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
System for checking cow feed flawed
Critics say enforcement is lax
By RUTH TEICHROEB
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The Seattle Times
Shipping industry feels mad-cow fallout
By Alwyn Scott, Seattle Times business reporter
Quarantine expands as another suspect cow is traced
By Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times staff reporter
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The Spokesman-Review
Media help blur line between panic and reason
Journalists haven't responded well to anthrax, flu, SARS, mad cow, says Richard Wiens.
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Washington Post
Cattle-Tracing System Will Face Obstacles
Number of Small Ranchers, Costs of Technology Cited
By Margaret Webb Pressler
Mad Cow Variant That Hits Humans Is a Puzzle
By Rob Stein
Third Herd of Cattle Quarantined in Washington
By Marc Kaufman
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Friday, January 02, 2004
The New York Times
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Officials Destroying Calves, Including That of Sick Cow
By SARAH KERSHAW
Where the Cows Come Home
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Cow Jumped Over the U.S.D.A.
By ERIC SCHLOSSER
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The Seattle Times
Electronic tag system for cattle on fast track
By Kyung M. Song
Seattle Times staff reporter
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The Spokesman Review
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Family wants second opinion on son's Creutzfeldt-Jakob diagnosis
Carla K. Johnson, Staff writer
Mad-cow related illness always fatal
Scientists hope new awareness of disease will speed research on Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Carla K. Johnson, Staff writer
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Headlines from the Wall Steet Journal
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U.S. Rejects Widespread Testing Of Cattle at Slaughter for Now By Scott Kilman
The Agriculture Department rejected calls for it to quickly begin widespread testing of U.S. cattle for mad-cow disease.
U.S. Research Into Prion Diseases Is Limited By Antonio Regalado
When Paul Brown worked at the National Institutes of Health in the 1970s, it was a heyday of prion research when scientists explored the brains of chimpanzees and rode high on a series of seminal discoveries ...
Mad-Cow Testing on Trial By Thomas M. Burton in Chicago and Martin Fackler in Tokyo
Should U.S. Start to Screen Every Last Cow, as in Japan?
Bet on Beef May Burn Tyson
Crucial Foreign Markets Dry Up Amid Mad-Cow Calamity
Cattle Prices Continue to Fall, But Drop Is Above Daily Limit
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Washington Post
Third Cattle Herd Quarantined in Washington; Move Comes After U.S. Finds Cow From Canada in Shipment
By Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer
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Thursday, January 01, 2004
News Tribune - Tacoma
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Mad cow, rendering plant might be linked by Les Blumenthal
Canadian officials might have established a link between an Alberta rendering plant and the infected Holstein.
The News Tribune is also publishing a reader-response Q&A. Today's included only a single question.
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
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New Year's Day stories include:
For Cattle Industry, a Swift Response Years in the Making by Glen Justice
The discovery of a case of mad cow disease in the U.S. was a red alert for an industry that spent years playing down the threat.
9 Cows Linked to Mad Cow Inquiry Have Been Found by Denise Grady
Nine of the 81 cows shipped from Canada are still on the farm where the infected cow had lived.
A Time for Finesse: Marketing Beef After a Mad Cow Discovery by Sherri Day
Eecutives at Burger King have decided to go ahead with a new Whopper television campaign
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New Year's Day local coverage of mad cow disease includes:
Mad cow feed: A new clue By Phuong Cat Le and Lews Kamb
An Edmonton meat-rendering plant may be the source of contaminated feed for the two cows confirmed with mad cow disease in North America.
No painless solutions for Alberta's cattlemen by Chris McGann
Investigators looking into whether an Edmonton rendering plant may have been the source of contaminated feed.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times offers their collection of mad-cow stories in a special section on their internet site. They post wire updates throughout the day.
USDA: 'All the traces' show sick cow's herd came to state by Sandi Doughton
Washington appears to be the location of the 80 Canadian dairy cows shipped to the United States.
New questions about high-protein cattle feed by Jonathan Martin
Feeding the ground-up remains of other animals to cattle is the equivalent of an Olympic athlete slurping a protein shake.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
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The Spokesman Review ran only wire stories today including Jim Barnett's story on the mad-cow outbreak prediction.
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Wall Street Journal
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New Year's Day coverage included only this biz brief:
"Restaurants were among the day's best-performing sectors as some eateries gained back a bit of ground they lost after last week's disclosure of mad-cow disease in the U.S. Wendy's International gained 64 cents, or 1.7%, to 39.19; Ruby Tuesday rose 35 cents, or 1.2%, to 28.75; and Darden Restaurants, which owns the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains, advanced 31 cents, or 1.5%, to 21.07. "
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
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Worries About Disease Give Organic Beef a Bull Market by Ian Shapira
The mad cow case has alerted the public to the way cattle are raised for the conventional meat market.
Mad Cow Case Won't Hurt Ranchers Yet by Blaine Harden
Most Had Sold Calves; Feedlots Will Suffer
Nine Cows From Ill Animal's Herd Are Tracked to Washington Ranch by Shankar Vedantam
Leads Suggest Other Cattle From Alberta Farm Still in State
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