It is unfortunate that this article does not have credible references for many of the claims. References from the Centers for Disease Control would be appropriate for how many people in the US have died from Mad Cow in the last 8 months. Food safety is an important topic and recent events at the Hallmark facility in CA showed what can occur with 5 full time USDA inspectors. The USDA refused to test the recalled meat from the Hallmark Facility that had been going to the National School Lunch program, elderly and poor and many of these people do not have health insurance. If they become ill later with Mad Cow, will it even be diagnosed? A compromise with the Koreans testing the meat coming in to their country would probably not be ... More »

This is one of those muckraking stories the type that doesn't appear in our newspapers. What does these days? Koreans are protesting the letting of US beef back into their system. The papers have been handling the story as unrest with the government. Nine people have died of the results of Mad Cow Disease in the US in so many months. Mike Whitney uses many quotes and interviews to substantiate his story. Knowing how this government has functioned this last eight years these allegations are more than likely true and need full investigation.