Hundreds of cattle from Canada, which this month confirmed its ninth case of mad cow disease, have entered the United States without government-required health papers or identification tags, according to documents obtained by cattlemen in Washington state.
No one is happy about this but what seems to have caused the most concern is that Washington state released correspondence between state officials and American cattle and meat companies. Meatpacking companies, feedlot owners and brokers from the U.S. and Canada have sued the state claiming that it violated "a state law protecting confidential business information from disclosure."
Posted by marybeth at February 25, 2007 04:00 AM News