More mad cow tests weighed to calm Japan.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: January 15, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Andrew Martin

WASHINGTON _ In an effort to win back its largest customers for beef exports, U.S. agriculture officials are considering a vast expansion of the government's program for testing cattle for mad cow disease, a measure they have previously dismissed as unnecessary, cumbersome and expensive.

U.S. consumers seem largely unfazed by the case of mad cow disease that was discovered in Washington state just before Christmas. But Japan, the biggest...

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