From the NY Times:
The Department of Agriculture refused yesterday to allow a Kansas beef producer to test all of its cattle for mad cow disease, saying such sweeping tests were not scientifically warranted.
If a U.S. beef producer actually wants to test all its cattle, which all beef producers should be doing in the first place without complaint, why in the world should the government stop them? Certainly, it should encourage this kind of behavior, especially if it is a pro-industry, pro-consumer, pro-trade government. Oh, wait, nevermind…