Mad cow 'disaster' plans eyed
CANADA - Canada's agriculture ministers will get a look today at "disaster scenario" plans that may have to be implemented if a Montana judge extends a live cattle ban to boxed cuts of Canadian beef. The "worst case" includes a proposal to immediately concentrate slaughter capacity on cattle under 30 months, which would mean up to 18,000 older animals a week would be bound for rendering plants.Source: London Free Press