I guess, Oprah was right when upon learning about Rendering: A nice PR term 
used in describing how road kills, sick or dead animals and animal 
byproducts/waste are grounded and mixed with other ingredients and used as animal feed. 
Being one of the most powerful African Women with millions of followers, Oprah 
was accused and paraded to court by the meat/milk industry, especially Texan 
Cattle ranchers, for DISPARAGING FOOD, an old Texan Law. This wise woman, 
including folks at the White House from Reagan on to GW, consume "Free Range or 
Organic" meat.  
Culled from Democracynow.org
Wednesday, December 24th, 2003
Mad Cow in Washington: First Case of Dreaded Disease Detected in U.S.

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Mad cow disease was detected in the United States for the first time ever 
when a cow slaughtered in Washington state earlier this month tested positive for 
BSE. We speak with John Stauber author of Mad Cow USA and Howard Lyman a 
former cattle rancher-turned-vegetarian and food safety activist. 



A cow slaughtered in Washington state earlier this month had tested positive 
for BSE, better known as mad cow disease, Agriculture Department officials 
announced yesterday. The discovery marks the first time the dreaded illness has 
been detected in the United States. 
Meat from the infected animal traveled through three separate processing 
plants before a test revealed the problem 13 days later. 
Japan, the largest foreign customer for U.S. beef, announced a temporary halt 
to U.S. beef imports. South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, 
Hong Kong and Russia have also barred beef imports. 
Mad cow disease sprang up in Britain in 1986 and spread through countries in 
Europe and Asia, prompting massive destruction of herds and decimating the 
European beef industry. 
In Britain, at least 143 people have died after contracting a human version 
of the disease known as vCJD which scientists believe comes from infected beef. 
United Press International reports that for six months the United States 
Department of Agriculture repeatedly refused to release its tests for mad cow 
disease. 
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman insisted any diseased parts from the 
slaughtered cow were removed before they could enter the food supply. She added "I 
plan to serve beef for my holiday dinner." 
During Britain's mad cow disease crisis in 1990, then-agriculture minister 
John Gummer gathered the media to witness him sharing a hamburger with his young 
daughter. 
John Stauber, co-founder of PR Watch and co-author of the book, Mad Cow USA: 
Could The Nightmare Happen Here? (Common Courage Press, 1997) which reveals 
how mad cow disease has emerged as a result of modern, intensive farming 
practices. 
Howard Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who 
Won't Eat Meat. A former cattle rancher-turned-vegetarian and food safety 
activist. In 1996, Lyman revealed, to a national television audience, how the 
cattle industry potentially exposed Americans to mad cow disease by feeding cows 
the remains of live animals - including other cows. As a result of his remarks, 
Lyman was named a co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "veggie 
libel" case brought by Texas ranchers in Amarillo.





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