"I Sure Love The Taste Of A Good Burger"

Consumer groups called for a Congressional investigation yesterday into the death of a cow with symptoms of brain damage at a Texas slaughterhouse last week.

The cow, which staggered and collapsed after passing an initial visual inspection at Lone Star Beef in San Angelo, Tex., was condemned as unfit for human consumption and under federal regulations should have been tested for mad cow disease. Instead, it was sent to a rendering plant to be made into animal food and byproducts.

Now, that sounds like some good eatin'! More:

The consumer groups were reacting to an article published yesterday by meatingplace.com, a meat industry Web site. Citing two anonymous sources, it said it had firsthand knowledge of the events, one in government and one in industry. The article said a federal inspector had started to take a brain sample but was ordered not to by the regional headquarters of the Agriculture Department in Austin, Tex.

Ed Loyd, a department spokesman, said he could not comment on the report.

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Posted by Eddie Tews at May 6, 2004 02:08 PM