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Is That Beef You're Eating Really Safe?

Gregg Matthews/Orlando Weekly
By Deanna Morey
Orlando Weekly | June 26, 2008
The Sunshine State sits squarely in the middle of the controversy over the safety of the meat supply. A growing number of people -- many of them doctors and scientists -- question whether American beef is safe from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as BSE or mad cow disease. Little testing and lenient feed regulations mean no one can answer the question for sure.
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Tags: Florida, food, Health & Science, BSE, Florida Cattlemen's Association, Hopkins Meat Packaging, mad cow disease

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