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Cow destroyed before tested for madcow { May 3 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/8579749.htm?1c http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/8579749.htm?1c Posted on Mon, May. 03, 2004 Cow destroyed before testing for disease Associated Press SAN ANGELO, Texas - A cow that was ordered destroyed at a West Texas meatpacking plant was sent to rendering before the U.S. Department of Agriculture could collect samples to test it for possible central nervous system disorder, USDA officials said Monday. The rendered product from the animal did not enter the human food chain and presents no risk to human health, said a joint statement by Ron Dehaven, administrator for animal and plant health inspection, and Barbara Masters, acting administrator for food safety and inspection. The cow was taken to slaughter Wednesday at Lone Star Beef in San Angelo. The statement said a veterinarian condemned the animal after seeing the cow stagger and fall, indicting either an injury or a potential central nervous system disorder, one of the signs of mad cow. "Standard procedures call for animals condemned due to a possible (central nervous system) disorder to be kept until (USDA) officials can collect samples for testing," the statement said. "However, this did not occur in this case and the animal was sent to rendering." "We don't know why" the animal was rendered before samples were taken, said Susan Holl, spokeswoman with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an agency of the USDA. "We're looking into that." "It looks as if there was some misunderstanding," said Andrea McNally, a USDA spokeswoman. USDA officials are investigating the circumstances and "will take appropriate actions once all information is available," Dehaven and Masters said. Downed animals still can be processed at rendering plants which prepare animal byproducts for use in consumer goods, from cosmetics to gelatin for drug capsules. The government believes such items pose no risk to human health. Last year inspectors tested 20,000 animals in the United States and 500 of them exhibited signs of central nervous system disorder, USDA spokesman Ed Loyd said. None tested positive for mad cow disease. The only case of mad cow detected in the United States was in Washington state in December. On June 1, USDA inspectors will increase the number of cattle tested for mad cow disease to help reassure Americans that their meat supply is safe and win back vital exports markets, the agency said.

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