The following was taken from this morning's Infobeat.  Be careful what you
eat.
Not all producers are taking precautions to protect you.

Peggy Murdock

*** McDonald's enforcing beef rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - McDonald's Corp. is starting on its own to enforce
widely disregarded federal regulations aimed at keeping the nation's
beef supply free of mad cow disease. The fast-food giant has given
packers until April 1 to document that the cattle they buy have been
fed in accordance with the federal rules. The action by the nation's
largest buyer of beef has had a ripple effect throughout the
industry, officials say. Major meatpackers, including IBP Inc.,
Excel and ConAgra, have told their cattle suppliers they must
document their compliance with the feed rules. The FDA reported
recently that hundreds of feed makers had failed to comply with its
feed regulations, which are designed to keep the brain-wasting
disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, from spreading if it ever
reaches this country. Europe's cattle industry suffered severe
losses after consumers began shunning beef because of fears that
humans can contract a similar brain disease from eating meat
infected with BSE.

Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406387242