EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Canada is blocking the slaughter of sick or injured cattle at packing plants that ship meat to the United States, thereby escaping a renewed ban by that country. The Canadian ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Humane Society sued the federal government Wednesday over what it said is a legal loophole that allows sick or crippled cattle, called "downers," into the food supply. A U.S.

WASHINGTON — The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that "mad cow" disease could enter the ...

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced Tuesday a total ban on the slaughter at meat plants of cows too sick or weak to stand. The planned change comes in the wake of the nation's ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Canada is blocking the slaughter of sick or injured cattle at packing plants that ship meat to the United States, thereby escaping a renewed ban by that country. The Canadian ...

The state should have taken action against slaughterhouses that process "downer" or sick cows to prevent meat from a mad cow-infected animal from entering the food supply, a consumer advocacy group ...