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Update by Dr. Peter Fernandez, Associate Administrator, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
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Dr. Barbara Masters, Acting Administrator, Food Safety & Inspection Service
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May 5, 2004
"The Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review (PEER), an independent investigations and
review unit of FSIS that regularly works with the Office of Inspector General and the General Accounting
Office, is rigorously investigating the circumstances of this incident on behalf of USDA. PEER continues
to interview individuals involved in the events of April 27 in Texas and hopes to finalize its
remaining work in the next few days.
"In the interim, USDA has issued a statement to all field employees (APHIS and FSIS) documenting and
reaffirming the policy for testing all cattle showing any possible signs of Central Nervous System
impairment on antemortem inspection. The statement is available at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/BSE_APHIS-FSIS.pdf.
"USDA expects to establish a complete, factual account of this incident, while strengthening its
BSE surveillance testing procedures prior to the program's expansion in June."
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