FDA to Announce New Rules on Cattle Feed

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FDA to Announce New Rules on Cattle Feed

By Ira Dreyfuss Associated Press Writer
Published: Jul 7, 2004






WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration plans to announce Friday new restrictions to keep mad cow disease from being spread through cattle feed, livestock industry sources said Wednesday.
The feed restrictions are aimed at closing loopholes in a rule issued in 1997. That rule bans the use of cattle protein in feed for other cattle. A misshapen protein is blamed for mad cow, a fatal, brain-wasting disease also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.

In January, the FDA announced additional restrictions on feed ingredients, including a ban on the use of cattle blood. The American Feed Industry Association said Wednesday that the FDA will announce more restrictions Friday.

The trade group said the FDA's new proposals would be in line with recommendations made in February by an international panel created by the Agriculture Department. The association's statement did not specify the possible additional restrictions, and the international panel had a range of recommendations.

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