Mad cow testing.

• Position: Food Safety - Brief Article

Does the U.S. do enough testing for mad cow disease? In December, a cow in Washington State was found with the disease. The Department of Agriculture says testing is rigorous enough, but critics disagree.

Several of the countries that produce the largest amounts of beef do the least testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. United In 2002: States (b) Australia (b) France (a) Italy (a) Slaughtered 35,737,000 9,228,000 5,777,000 4,337,000 Tested 19,990 1,781 3,145,473 717,698 Cases of mad cow 0 * 0 239 38 United In 2002: Germany (a) Canada (b)...