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5/31/2007 - A federal court ruling allowing a meat processor to conduct its own tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is on hold following an appeal by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

But the USDA wants to prevent it from doing so. Current BSE testing is only conducted by the USDA on about one per cent of all cows slaughtered in the country.

Since the first discovery of the disease in the UK during 1986, some 190,000 cases have been reported worldwide, according to World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) statistics.