Mad-Cow Case In U.S. Shows Gaps in System.

Examines the consequences of the first United States case of mad-cow disease discovered at a meat plant in Moses Lake (Wash.). Screening measures in place designed to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy; View of author that questions and concerns have been raised about the economic health of rural America and the safety of American beef; Comments from William D. Hueston, head of the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota, regarding the probability that more than one cow has been exposed to mad-cow disease; Cost increase to the industry if it is forced to inspect every slaughtered cow; How the Holstein cow in Moses Lake was found to have mad-cow, suggesting the testing procedures are haphazard.