Beiser, Vince, <br/><br/>
Big Beef's Dirty War. 
Vince Beiser. 
 -  L.A. Weekly,  2004. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Article 46,  Health,  1522-323X; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Originally Published: Big Beef's Dirty War, Jan. 16-22, 2004; pp. 16+. 
<br/><br/> "When the news broke on December 23 [2003] that a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a.k.a. mad cow disease, had been discovered in Washington state, meat producers and merchants moved into crisis-control mode. The disease, which literally eats holes in its victims' brain, has infected some 180,000 cattle in Britain and is blamed for the deaths of nearly 150 people there. The American meat industry needed to convince the public that its beef was still safe to eat--especially since dozens of countries had immediately banned imports of the stuff." (L.A. WEEKLY) This article discusses the United States beef industry and its resistance to improving testing methods. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-323X; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States Dept. of Agriculture 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Beef industry<br/>Bovine spongiform encephalopathy<br/>Customer relations<br/>Food--Safety measures<br/>Food--Testing<br/>Lobbying<br/>Meat--Contamination<br/>Meat inspection
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050