IN A surprise move, the US has postponed long-awaited plans to ban material from animal feed that might be infected with BSE. It is the second time the US has backed away from tougher feed restrictions this year, and new rules are unlikely before the presidential election in November.
In January the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it would ban cattle blood and other potentially infected material from cattle feed, but postponed the move after an international scientific panel recommended more stringent measures. Now the FDA is considering banning all meat meal except fish from cattle feed and…
