Beef Banned Under Mad Cow Rules Recalled

By LIBBY QUAID
The Associated Press
Monday, August 22, 2005; 10:16 PM

WASHINGTON -- Beef banned under mad cow disease rules was shipped to wholesalers in a half-dozen states and is now being recalled by a Wisconsin beef plant.

The 1,856 pounds of beef included meat from a Canadian cow that inspectors in Canada determined was eligible for shipment to the United States. A Canadian audit two weeks later found, however that the cow was too old to be allowed entry to the U.S.