Personal Injury Law

Industry Will Remember Veneman's Role In Dealing With Mad Cow

 "We had three Secretaries of Agriculture during the Bush administration. [Anne] Veneman will likely be remembered for her response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which was then and is still incredibly damaging to the industry despite the fact that the enhanced testing protocol she initiated eventually exonerated the U.S. cattle herd," said Jeremy Russell, director of communications and government relations, National Meat Association.

Russell made his comments to MEAT & POULTRY, the Business Journal for Meat and Poultry Processors.  Opinions about all three USDA Secretaries (Veneman, Mike Johanns, and Ed Schafer) can be found here.

It was Veneman who on Dec. 23, 2003 announced a cow born in Canada had made its way to Washington State and it carried Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease to the United States.  

Veneman today heads up the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).

Full post as published by Mad Cow Blog on January 20, 2009 (boomark / email).